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Academics Shouldn't Shut the Door on Iran
Publication Date: 2006/06/30
Publication / Source: Houston Chronicle
Author: William Burke-White and Adam Kolker
William Burke-White and Adam Kolker of the University of Pennsylvania Law School argue that engagement with Iranian academics and intellectuals, regardless of ideological persuasion, is the best path for future liberalization and security.
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ROLE OF IRAN'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL IN NUCLEAR DEBATE STILL IN FLUX
Publication Date: 11/2006
Publication / Source: WMD Insights
Although it was initially anticipated that Iran’s new Strategic Council on Foreign Relations (Shora-ya-Rashordi-yi Ravabet-1 Khareji) might serve as a moderating influence on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s stand-off with the West over the country’s nuclear program, these expectations have not been realized. According to recent reports, the Council, composed largely of officials who served under former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami, appears to have been relegated to an advisory role on long-term strategic issues and prevented from shaping policy in the sensitive nuclear area, leaving Ahmadinejad and his supporters in charge.