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What We Can Learn From Britain About Iran
Publication Date: 2007/04/05
Publication / Source: The New York Times
Author: Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
Through the capture of and subsequent announcement that it would release 15 British sailors and marines, the Islamic Republic of Iran sent its adversaries a pointed message: just as Iran will meet confrontation with confrontation, it will respond to what it perceives as flexibility with pragmatism. This message is worth heeding as the United States and Iran seem to be moving inexorably toward conflict.
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Got the stick. Now the talks
Publication Date: 2007/03/30
Publication / Source: International Herald Tribune
Author: Lee Feinstein and Michael Levi
Skilled diplomacy by the Bush administration has delivered a UN Security Council resolution that will intensify sanctions on Iran, a victory that seems to validate the administration's aversion to discussions with Tehran. But no UN decision has ever persuaded a state to give up nuclear weapons. The point of going to the Security Council is to reinforce diplomacy with a demonstration of international solidarity. The way to do that is to keep tightening the screws so long as Iran refuses to suspend its nuclear activities.
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A Win-Win U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Iran
Publication Date: Winter \'06
Publication / Source: The Washington Quarterly
Author: Michael McFaul, Abbas Milani, and Larry Diamond
In its nuclear negotiations with the rest of the world, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been pursuing a strategy of “heads you lose, tails we win.” In its carefully crafted and creatively ambiguous response to UN Security
Council Resolution 1696, the Iranian regime claims that it is willing to negotiate on all issues, including suspension of enrichment activities, but will not accept any precondition for such negotiations. We need a new approach. It is time for the United States to get smart in dealing with Iran and frame its own win-win proposition, which we propose here: a sophisticated two-track policy that deals boldly and directly with the regime as well as the Iranian people on all issues in the bilateral relationship.