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As Obama Scores an Iran Breakthrough, Congress Fumbles

David Elliott | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Barack Obama, Sanctions, Mehdi Karroubi, Iran Opposition, Iran Election, Iran Protests, World News
David Elliott

Just like June 12 and the weeks that followed changed our notions about the Iranian people, it's time for the U.S. Congress to change its approach to Iran.

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For Iran--Think Long Term, Not Immediate Self-Gratificaton

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sanctions, Iran, Iraq, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Middle East, Iran Sanctions, Desert Storm, Obama Cairo Speech, Gulf War, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News
Salam Al Marayati

Implementing sanctions against Iran would play right into the hands of the theocracy. By imposing sanctions, the US will hand the Iranian government a card it does not have at this time--blaming the increase of prices on foreign powers.

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IAEA Report: Iran Has Data To Make Nuclear Bomb

New York Times | William J. Broad And David E. Sanger | Posted 10.03.2009 | World

Read More: ElBaradei, Nuke, Negotiations, Pakistan, Un Report, Sanctions, Obama, Iran, IAEA Report, Nuclear Weapons, Tehran, Diplomacy, Nuclear Bomb, Un, Iaea, World News

Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired "sufficient information to ...

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Iranian Crisis: Progress, Problems

William Bradley | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Qom, Britain, Nuclear Weapons, Geneva, Barack Obama, France, Germany, Iran, European Union, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iraq, Iaea, Mohammed ElBaradei, China, UN Security Council, Revolutionary Guards, Dmitri Medvedev, Sanctions, John McCain, Diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, Bibi Netanyahu, World News
William Bradley

There was some good progress in Thursday's international negotiation sessions with Iran. But anyone who imagines the problem is solved is quite delusional.

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Dishonest Intelligence

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran Sanctions, Sanctions, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Mahmoud Ahmadenijad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Alan Dershowitz

It seems clear in retrospect, as it seemed clear to me at the time, that those who released the deeply flawed 2007 report of Iran abandoning its nuclear weapons program had a political agenda.

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The Iran and Obama Dance

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Nuclear Negotiations, Sarkozy, Nuclear Program, US-Iran Relations, War With Iran, Afghanistan, Iranian, President Obama, p5 +1, Gordon Brown, Iran, Barack Obama, Gang Rape, Political Prisoners, Iraq, Pittsburgh, Dissidents, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

It's not Obama's fault that Iraq and Afghanistan happened, but it will be his fault if he rushes into a threat-laden, pseudo-engagement with Iran at this historical crossroads in US-Iran relations.

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China, Iran and Sanctions: What's a Rising Power to Do?

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Gasoline, Obama Administration, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Oil, Nuclear, China, U.N. Security Council, Britain, France, Iran, U.K., U.N., Russia, Gas, Mid East Trade, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

Why is China so hesitant to support sanctions against Iran? History, geo-politics and economic ties are what set China apart from its Security Council brethren.

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North Korea Warns Against Sanctions, Says It Will Strengthen Arsenal If They're Imposed

AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: White House, Trade, Seoul, United Nations, Sanctions, Obama, Pyongyang, Nukes, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea, Diplomacy, Trade Sanctions, Un, Pak Kil Yon, North Korea, Talks, Home News

UNITED NATIONS — North Korea says it will strengthen its nuclear arsenal if new sanctions are imposed because of its weapons program. Pak Kil Y...

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U.S. Seeking Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

The New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Khamenei, Qom, Trade, Sanctions, Obama, Oil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Embargo, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, U.N., Tehran, Israel, Un, Iaea, World News

The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a ...

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To Defend Democracy, U.S. Must Call the Coup

Laura Carlsen | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Honduras, Coup D'etat, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, State Department, Hillary Clinton, Costa Rica, World News
Laura Carlsen

The U.S. State Department has not issued a formal statement to Congress acknowledging the military coup in Honduras. Millions in U.S. money continue to flow to the coup regime.

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Germany, France reinforce Iran sanctions threat

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Germany, Berlin, Iran Sanctions, Sanctions, U.S., Atomic Bomb, China, Britain, France, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, U.N., Tehran, Russia, Iran Nuclear Program, United Nations General Assembly, World News

BERLIN — Germany and France on Monday reinforced a call for Iran to respond to concerns about its nuclear program in September or face tougher s...

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Iran: Entainment -- A Way Forward

Mark Fowler | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Sanctions, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Opposition, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, World News
Mark Fowler

The only real chance for success in reaching out to Iran is to implement a carefully crafted strategy of engagement and containment. Call it a policy of "entainment," if you will.

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An Open Letter to President Obama on "Hypocrisy"

Laura Carlsen | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Hypocrisy, Sanctions, Honduras, Obama, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Laura Carlsen

The coup-controlled Honduran press is having a heyday with the Obama remarks. La Tribuna has a picture of Obama on the front page with the headline "Hypocrisy to Call for Intervention in Honduras"

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US North Korea Financial Noose Tightens

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Sanctions, North Korea Sanctions, North Korea and UN Sanctions, Treasury Department, North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea Missile, North Korea Missile Test, World News

-+ WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday imposed financial sanctions on a North Korean firm accused of involvement in the country's ...

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The Future of Burma Cannot Be Tied to Aung San Suu Kyi

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Aung San Suu Kyi, Sanctions, Burma Junta, Myanmar Junta, Burma Trial, Myanmar, Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Trial, National League for Democracy, Un-Sanctions, Home News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

By maintaining that the regime must be isolated and that Burma must be the target of stringent sanctions only helps the junta reverse further into mad "behind-the-wall" strategies.

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Why Can We Visit Kim Jung Il but Not Old Havana?

Jake Colvin | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Orbitz, Obama Cuba, US-Cuba Relations, Cuban Embargo, Cuba Travel Ban, Travel, Cuba, Travel to Cuba, US-Cuba Policy, Havana, World News
Jake Colvin

Restricting travel to Cuba severely limits the positive impact Americans can have abroad through everyday activities and interactions.

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Do Sanctions Just Add Insult to Injury for the Burmese People?

Russ Wellen | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Jim Webb, Sanctions, JADE Act, Ruling Junta, Smart Sanctions, Burma, Myanma, World News
Russ Wellen

While visiting Japan and Indonesia in February, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted that 14 years of U.S. sanctions on Burma have made little impact on its ruling junta.

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LinkedIn Alienates Syrian Users: Why Now?

Jillian York | Posted 05.19.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Sanctions, Linkedin, Cuba Sanctions, Linked In, Sanctions Against Iran, World News
Jillian York

LinkedIn is making a political point against Syria - and when people in other countries start boycotting this site, they'll realize they've shot themselves in the foot.

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Obama Renews Iran Sanctions; Ahmadinejad Calls Them "Childish"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Obama Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sanctions Against Iran, Iran Sanctions, Iran, Bush Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

Speaking to Congress Thursday, President Obama announced renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran, thus adhering to a precedent that began in 1995. According t...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Nuclear Program, Clinton, Economy, Missile, Iran, Drugs, Obama, Tibet, Non-Military Goods, Ceasefire, Taliban, Nato, Bribe, Kurds, Turkmenistan, Security, Pakistan, Swat, Mexico, United States, Uzbekistan, Us, Nukes, Instablity, Human Rights, State Department, Guam, Mosul, Qaeda, China, North Korea, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: American Economic Leadership Recognized Facts: US President Barack Obama made his first address to Americ...

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Or Supply Your Own Punchline...

Merrill Markoe | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Sanctions, Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Politics News
Merrill Markoe

Bush said, "no regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences."

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Bush Expands Sanctions Against Zimbabwe

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 08.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, George W. Bush, Sanctions, Home News

WASHINGTON — President Bush signed an executive order on Friday to expand sanctions against what he calls the "illegitimate" regime of Zimbabwe'...

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Fault Lines Emanating From Zimbabwe

Joe Lauria | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Zalmay Khalilzad, Sudan, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe, United Nations, Russia, Zimbabwe Elections, China, Robert Mugabe, Sanctions, Africa, Diplomacy, Politics News
Joe Lauria

The vetoed sanctions resolution against Zimbabwe at the Security Council has exposed international tensions that divide the West from Africa, Russia from the West and the US from South Africa.

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The Uselessness of Sanctions

Simon Jenkins | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Sanctions, UN Sanctions on Zimbabwe, Sanctions, Divestment, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Simon Jenkins

Economic sanctions are coward's war. Their champions can find hardly a shred of evidence in their favour; they are the last refuge of stupidity in foreign policy.

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Ahmadinejad Calls Bush's Nuclear Bluff

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Bush, Afghanistan, Middle East, Sanctions, Iraq, Iran, Nuclear, Oil, Iaea, Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

If people are lamenting over gas prices approaching five dollars, I guarantee you that they will top off $10.00 at the pump and more than $200 a barrel within hours of an attack on Iran.

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