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Why Increased U.S. Sanctions on Iran Don't Work

Rep. Keith Ellison | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

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Rep. Keith Ellison

Increasing sanctions enables the Iranian president the opportunity to change the subject -- from his failed policies to the nationalistic pride symbolized by nuclear energy.

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The Possibility Of A Nuclear Iran Alarms Arabs

nytimes.com | MICHAEL SLACKMAN | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

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CAIRO �" As the West raises the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, Arab governments, especially the small, oil-rich nations in the Persian G...

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Obama's Shrewd Iran Policy

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

The good news is that President Obama has a brilliant strategy for dealing with Iran. The bad news is that brilliance may not be enough.

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Obama Administration Forms Iran Policy To 'Inject A Degree Of Rationality Into The Relationship'

New York Times | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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The silent protest began in Imam Khomeini Square in front of the forbidding Ministry of Telecommunications, which was busy cutting off cellphones but ...

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I Never Thought I'd Be Rooting for Iran

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

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Bradley Burston

The people in Tehran's streets have made it possible to begin to see past Ahmadinejad. I have to get used to Iran not as a cartoon bully, but as my neighbor. It is a nation of people, as we are.

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Obama: No Realist He

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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Simon Rosenberg

Our president, as chief global advocate of free and open societies, cannot sit on the sidelines as people attempt to throw off the shackles of old and anti-democratic regimes.

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How Diplomacy with Iran Can Succeed

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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Jeremy Ben-Ami

With so much riding on this difficult challenge, America must realize that missing the opportunity to find a diplomatic solution is not an option.

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Obama: Iran Nuclear Energy Concerns Legitimate

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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LONDON — President Barack Obama reiterated that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy _ provided it takes steps to prove its aspirations ar...

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Obama's Diplomatic Strategy Consists Of Rounding Up Anti-Iranian Posse: Analysis

Jerusalem Post | Herb Keinon | Posted 05.18.2009 | World

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New US President Barack Obama has made it clear that his is a much different style. Not cut in the lone, solitary sheriff mold, Obama favors the posse...

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Obama's Recommended Bedtime Reading: Iranian-Israeli History

Foreign Policy | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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Last night, after he had made a grocery-store run, helped put his two kids to bed, and answered reporters' phone calls about Washington's decision to ...

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Obama's Bold Iran Move

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Jacob Heilbrunn

The Obama administration's announcement that it will directly participate in meetings with Iran is an overdue move. It isn't America that's put on the spot by Obama's policy shift. It's Iran.

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Iran Is Making Fools of Everyone

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Mort Zuckerman

Who would have imagined that President Obama may well determine his historical legacy and reputation on the basis of the way he deals with Iran?

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US May Accept Iran's Uranium Pursuit

Financial Times | Daniel Dombey | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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US officials are considering whether to accept Iran's pursuit of uranium enrichment, which has been outlawed by the United Nations and remains at the ...

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Medvedev Sees 'New Page' For U.S.-Russia Ties

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday predicted a "new page" in Russia-US relations under Barack Obama, amid reports Moscow is shelving a missile delivery...

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Iran Rejects Obama's "Carrot And Stick" Proposal

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday rejected a proposal by President-elect Barack Obama that a combination of economic incentives and tighter sanction...

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McCain Missed Iran Vote He Attacked Obama For Skipping

CNN | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

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It turns out that John McCain made an off-the-mark error when he launched at Barack Obama this week over Iran's missile tests. In a statement critici...

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Obama's Iran TV Show Tour: More Diplomacy

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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** UPDATE BELOW ** Iran's state-run television reported this morning that the government had tested nine long- and medium-range missiles, including a...

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Obama's Man In Gaza

John Liebhardt | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

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John Liebhardt

Palestinian college students dial American voters in support of Obama. But many Middle East bloggers oppose him, railing at his perceived policy hesitations, antisemitism, softness on Israel, abandonment of Islam.

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John McCain: Obama Unfit To Protect The United States

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Remember McCain's respectful campaign? He doesn't. McCain has all but declared a President Obama would be unfit to defend the United States from -- ...

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