Why Iran Thinks It Needs the Bomb
Ray Takeyh examines the roots of Iran's desire to advance its nuclear program.
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Ray Takeyh examines the roots of Iran's desire to advance its nuclear program.
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Steven A. Cook says that to avoid the traps of their history, Egyptians must be committed to a new constitution and an independent parliament.
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Ray Takeyh states, "Despite all the exhilarating and disturbing changes in Egypt and the Levant, the center of gravity of the region has moved to the Gulf."
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Steven A. Cook says another year of struggle is to be expected in Egypt, as Egypt's future rests with two familiar powers playing very unfamiliar roles: the military and the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Steven A. Cook says that if the world wants to see the end of Bashar al-Assad, it will likely require international intervention.
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Ray Takeyh says Iran's recent aggression is based on Tehran diligently pursuing a three-track policy that involves provocation of the international community and making noises about diplomacy as it relentlessly marches toward the bomb.
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Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh argue that the justifying of America's Libya campaign solely on humanitarian grounds marked a fundamental break with past U.S. policy prescriptions for such military interventions.
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Steven A. Cook says Egypt is spinning out of control, and both the military junta and the protesters in the street are to blame.
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Ray Takeyh says Iran's rulers view possession of a nuclear bomb as a means to return to the international fold on their own terms.
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Ray Takeyh and Suzanne Maloney say that despite decades of struggling under punitive financial measures, Iran has persisted with its objectionable policies, ranging from terrorism to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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Marc Lynch and Steven A. Cook warn that Washington should not be fooled by the peace that has returned to Egyptian streets after the recent Parliamentary elections.
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Egypt's military appears to be pursuing a divide-and-rule approach to defuse mass protests ahead of planned November 28 polls, but this may backfire, says CFR's Steven A. Cook.
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Steven A. Cook says the military junta in Cairo has done a dismal job ruling Egypt, and now it's paying the price.
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Ray Takeyh states, "Iran may have been able to project its influence in an Iraq beset by civil war, but Tehran increasingly is on the margins as Iraq reconstitutes its national institutions."
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In a region buffeted by change, Turkey is developing into a Middle East model and leader. Cooperation on Kurdish separatists and on a NATO radar base signal warming ties with the Obama administration, says CFR's Steven A. Cook.
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Post-Qaddafi Libya will face difficulties with rebel infighting, the anger of Qaddafi loyalists, and more, but the long-time dictator's death also creates an opening for a more peaceful country. CFR's Richard Haass, Ed Husain, and Ray Takeyh weigh Libya's prospects.
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Ray Takeyh says that the reaction of Iran's opposition and its establishment figures to Washington's recent accusations that Tehran was involved in an assassination plot on U.S. soil suggests a more tenuous relationship between the Islamist regime and Iranian nationalism than generally thought.
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In four decades of rule, Qaddafi chased doomed adventures that isolated his regime from Arabs and the world. Libyans now have a chance to recast their state and reintegrate with their region, says CFR's Ray Takeyh.
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A sweeping account of Egypt in the modern era: what Egypt is, what it stands for, and its relation to the world.
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Steven A. Cook says that Egypt's seemingly tortured present actually reveals something relatively healthy—the normalization of politics.
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