U.S. to Accept Iran's Proposal to Hold Face-to-Face Talks
-Mark Landler & David E. Sanger
The Obama administration said that the U.S. would accept Iran's offer to meet, fulfilling President Obama's pledge to hold unconditional talks despite the Iranian government's insistence that it would not negotiate over the future of its nuclear program.
At the same time, administration officials said their expectations were extremely low.
(New York Times)
Rethinking Our Iran Strategy -Robin Wright & Robert Litwak
Under the current circumstances, the regime is more likely to engage in a process - largely to get the world off its back - that would not produce enduring substance or real resolution.
(Los Angeles Times)
No Dialogue with the Deaf Neighbor -Abdullah Al Shayji
The Iranians have employed these tactics for years. [A]ny dialogue with Iran will be a waste of time and nothing more than a dialogue with the deaf.
The writer is a professor of International Relations and the head of the American Studies Unit at Kuwait University.
(Gulf News-UAE)
UPDATE:
Don't Dismiss Regime Change in Iran -John P. Hannah
It is ironic that just as the Obama administration seemed prepared to write off regime change forever, the Iranian people have made it a distinct possibility.
It would be tragic indeed if the U.S. took steps to bolster the staying power of Iran's dictatorship at precisely the moment when so many Iranians appear prepared to risk everything to be rid of it.
It would also seem strategically shortsighted to risk throwing this regime a lifeline, because nothing seems more likely to enhance the prospects for peacefully resolving the nuclear issue than the Islamic Republic's replacement by a more democratic government.
(Foreign Policy)
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-Mark Landler & David E. Sanger
The Obama administration said that the U.S. would accept Iran's offer to meet, fulfilling President Obama's pledge to hold unconditional talks despite the Iranian government's insistence that it would not negotiate over the future of its nuclear program.
At the same time, administration officials said their expectations were extremely low.
(New York Times)
Rethinking Our Iran Strategy -Robin Wright & Robert Litwak
Under the current circumstances, the regime is more likely to engage in a process - largely to get the world off its back - that would not produce enduring substance or real resolution.
(Los Angeles Times)
No Dialogue with the Deaf Neighbor -Abdullah Al Shayji
The Iranians have employed these tactics for years. [A]ny dialogue with Iran will be a waste of time and nothing more than a dialogue with the deaf.
The writer is a professor of International Relations and the head of the American Studies Unit at Kuwait University.
(Gulf News-UAE)
UPDATE:
Don't Dismiss Regime Change in Iran -John P. Hannah
It is ironic that just as the Obama administration seemed prepared to write off regime change forever, the Iranian people have made it a distinct possibility.
It would be tragic indeed if the U.S. took steps to bolster the staying power of Iran's dictatorship at precisely the moment when so many Iranians appear prepared to risk everything to be rid of it.
It would also seem strategically shortsighted to risk throwing this regime a lifeline, because nothing seems more likely to enhance the prospects for peacefully resolving the nuclear issue than the Islamic Republic's replacement by a more democratic government.
(Foreign Policy)
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