spotlight: iran

Ian Livingston - Brookings experts analyze the current situation in Iran.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
With Iran in the grip of post-election uncertainty, the question of how to approach America’s most vexing Middle East policy challenge has become acute. On June 23, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted a discussion with the authors of a new monograph titled "Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran," which outlines nine policy options for the United States in its approach to Iran during this pivotal time.
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Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Terrorism, Middle East, Foreign Policy
SPOTLIGHT: Iran

Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl - An Iranian woman holds an Iranian flag beneath a monument in Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Square.
Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman, Martin S. Indyk, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel, June 2009
In a new Saban Analysis Paper, six Brookings experts analyze the main policy approaches toward Iran. In examining the benefits and drawbacks of the nine options—including engagement, persuasion, airstrikes, and containment—the authors refrain from recommending one policy over the other. Rather, they present the details of the policies in a manner that allows readers to understand the complexity of the challenge that is Iran and decide for themselves which group of policies is best.
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Iran, Foreign Policy, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, International Relations
SPOTLIGHT: IRAN'S ELECTION

Reuters/Damir Sagolj - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks on during his first news conference after the presidential elections in Tehran, June 14.
Suzanne Maloney, June 14, 2009
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was proclaimed the landslide winner in Iran's presidential contest amid accusations of widespread election fraud. Suzanne Maloney argues that although the election has poisoned the atmosphere for diplomacy, it has not changed the fact that negotiations represent the best of a range of unappealing options available to Washington.
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Iran, Elections, Diplomacy, International Relations, Middle East