Thomas Pickering

If the Iranians Are Confident in Their Chess, They May Accept "Freeze for Freeze"

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

If real negotiations started, the eyes of the international media would be focused on the talks. It would no longer be possible for the Bush administration to conceal its inflexibility on the question of enrichment.

Americans Don't Know: There's a Plan on the Table to Resolve the Nuclear Standoff with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

What those promoting military attacks on Iran don't want Americans to know is that there's an offer on the table that could resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program and allow both sides to claim victory.

Iran Capitulates; Accepts "Triple Standard" on Nuclear Program

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

What the Bush administration has been arguing for is a triple standard: one for nuclear powers, one for non-nuclear powers, and a third that goes: "Iran, so long as it has a government that we don't like."

Iran Accepted Pickering's Enrichment Proposal: Did Anyone Notice?

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

Iran appears to have shifted to a public diplomacy strategy; instead of simply making proposals to US officials which they expect will be ignored, they are attempting to speak directly to the US public.

Obama Triangulates and Won't Go Where Other Great Americans Will on Hamas

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Obama, in my view, has tarnished his foreign policy credentials here. If he can't embrace what great Americans have been able to do -- and what Sen. Chuck Hagel has suggested be done with Hamas -- then what use is his new vision?


 

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