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Published in: openSecurityIran behind the conciliatory veilRight-wing US and Israeli venom against the outline agreement is one thing; genuine concern about the Islamic...
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Published in: openSecurityNuclear disarmament ambitions in 2014It's easy not to recognise the real, if slow, progress that has been made on nuclear disarmement. There will be big...
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Published in: openSecurityIran nuclear deal: the fall-outThe interim nuclear deal between the western powers and Iran faces significant domestic and international...
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Published in: openSecurityIran: the deescalatory options
We are indeed witnessing a slide towards fewer positive options, but such slides can be reversed. Iran is ready to...
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Published in: HomeThe politics behind the bazaar demonstration in Iran
If there is one thing that can save the present Islamist regime and bring together all the Principlists,...
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Published in: openSecurityThe US and Iran on a dead end path to war?
Unless strong political leadership and decisive diplomatic efforts are quickly shown on all sides, war between the...
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Published in: HomeAmerica's war on Iran: the plan revealed
The United States is more seriously preparing for military action against Iran than is widely realised. An attack -...
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Published in: HomeResolving Iran’s nuclear stand-off with the west
The aim of coercive diplomacy is to change the policies of another state. It does not aim at regime change.
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Published in: openSecurityReaping the political rewards of the Iranian nuclear crisis
Both Iranian and Israeli governments mutually benefit from the threat of war, as they both use the excuse to polish...
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Published in: openSecurityThe game gets serious
Iran and the 5 +1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany) began talks on 15...
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Published in: openSecurityTime to reframe the debate on the Iranian nuclear programme
Debates on the Iranian nuclear programme tend to adopt a Manichean view depicting it as a major security threat. If...
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Published in: openSecurityWill diplomacy solve the Iran-US imbroglio?
Ayatollah Khamenei's recent declarations concerning the future of the Iranian nuclear dispute may sound belligerent,...
