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September 29, 2017

Spain
Can Catalonia Split With Spain?

Spain’s effort to block Catalonia’s referendum on independence may push more Catalan voters to support it.

Students demonstrate with Catalan separatist flags in Barcelona.
Interview by Zachary Laub and Pablo Beramendi

June 14, 2006

Wars and Conflict
Daalder: Democrats Struggling with Iraq Policy

Ivo H. Daalder, senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, says he sees no end to the heavy violence within Iraq following last week’s death of insurgent leader Abu Musab a…

Interview by Bernard Gwertzman

September 8, 2009

Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
Talks on Nuclear Issue Unlikely with ’Unsettled’ Iran

Amid Tehran’s fresh assertions of its right to pursue uranium enrichment, CFR’s Ray Takeyh says the widening split in Iran’s political system casts greater doubt on prospects for nuclear talks with t…

Interview by Ray Takeyh and Bernard Gwertzman

May 19, 2010

Brazil
Brazil’s Take on Iran and NPT

The Brazilian-Turkish agreement with Iran on enriched uranium was part of Brazil’s effort to project the power to "solve conflict through negotiation," says Brazilian international affairs expert Ant…

Interview by Antonio Ramalho and Bernard Gwertzman

June 26, 2006

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Barkey: Amnesty Can Sharply Undercut Iraqi Insurgency

Henri Barkey, a Middle East expert at Lehigh University, says Iraqi plans for an amnesty can seriously undercut the Iraqi insurgency.

Interview by Henri J. Barkey and Bernard Gwertzman