U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a phone call in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington (REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/Handout).

Opinion

15-Minute Phone Call Cause for Hope in U.S.-Iran Relations

October 2, 2013, Bessma Momani

Bessma Momani discusses the phone call between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, which she says represents a remarkable opportunity to end long-standing hostility.

  • Interview | The World

    September 16, 2013, Suzanne Maloney

  • In the News

    [Obama] clearly would like to do something more on arms control, so one question is, are the Russians prepared to respond to the proposals that he made in Berlin in June for reducing the new START limits by a third?

    July 21, 2013, Steven Pifer, AFP
  • In the News

    [Hassan Rohani] won in the first round and he ran on a moderate platform of ending Iran's isolation. Therefore, he's in a position to advance a different approach. But we need to give him time and space to be able to do that and the problem is that the nuclear clock is ticking. There isn't a lot of time.

    June 19, 2013, Martin S. Indyk, National Public Radio
  • In the News

    [Kim Jong Un] is trying to show that he has a strategic mind, that the military stands behind him and that no one stands against him.

    April 13, 2013, Kongdan Oh, Washington Post
  • Interview | WKAR

    The Future of the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal

    March 20, 2013, Steven Pifer

  • In the News

    [U.S. support for a U.N. inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea could prompt other nations] especially those on the fence, to come forward in support of the initiative.

    February 20, 2013, Roberta Cohen, Washington Post
  • In the News

    These [ground-based missile] interceptors in Alaska and California are believed to have some capability against a rudimentary intercontinental ballistic missile warhead of the kind that you would expect North Korea to have initially. But how good they would actually be, we don’t know. But there is some capability to protect America already deployed.

    February 14, 2013, Steven Pifer, Voice of America
  • Expert Q & A | Richard C. Bush III and Jonathan D. Pollack

    North Korea's Nuclear Tests: A Persistent, Deliberate Process

    February 14, 2013, Richard C. Bush III and Jonathan D. Pollack

  • Expert Q & A | Steven Pifer

    Beyond the State of the Union, A Plan for Nuclear Arms Control

    February 13, 2013, Steven Pifer

  • Interview | United States Institute of Peace

    Prospects for Progress at New Talks with Iran

    February 4, 2013, Bruce Riedel

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