International Affairs
Reports
Development Seminar @ Brookings India: Immigration and its Discontents
When Narendra Meets Donald: Taking Stock of Modi’s U.S. Visit
Foreign Service: Five decades on the frontlines of American diplomacy
Tanvi Madan
Director - The India Project
Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy
[The economy is] an issue where [Rouhani] has a greater chance of avoiding real gridlock within the system itself. It’s not nearly as dangerous as taking on issues of political prisoners or trying to open up the political space to those who feel marginalized.
There won’t be any gestures [on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process] by Arab states like the ones that have been talked about... It was always a long shot, but now it’s a much longer one.
[Targeting Rouhani’s brother] is a very convenient way to cause pain to the family without necessarily provoking a crisis of office. The general message that the rest of the system is trying to send to Rouhani is not to get too far ahead of himself, to not allow his decisive election victory to give him illusions of greater autonomy and authority than his position actually has.