Recent Events in Iran and the Progress of Its Nuclear Program
CFR Senior Fellows Ray Takeyh and Matthew Kroenig discuss the escalating tension with Iran and the challenges it poses for US strategy in...
Speaker: Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Coauthor, "The Costs of Containing Iran," Foreign Affairs, January/February 2008
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
January 17, 2008
Listen to Ray Takeyh, CFR's senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, discuss U.S. policy toward Iran with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call Series.
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