Posted in Iran, Oil and Gas, Raymond Tanter, Sanctions on Nov 29th, 2009 Comments Off on Will more sanctions against Iran work?
From Raymond Tanter On November 27, 2009, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted a strong resolution that expressed “serious concern that Iran has constructed an enrichment facility at Qom [Iran] in breach of its obligation to suspend all enrichment related activities.” This censure of Tehran was preceded by a November 16 report that the […]
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From Philip Carl Salzman “It is time for the Iranian government to decide whether it wants to focus on the past, or whether it will make the choices that will open the door to greater opportunity, prosperity, and justice for its people.” —President Barack Obama, statement on the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the […]
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Posted in Afghanistan, Iran, Raymond Tanter, Taliban on Nov 2nd, 2009 Comments Off on Iran’s second front in Afghanistan
From Raymond Tanter The role of Iran in fueling insurgency in Iraq, particularly attacks against U.S. forces, has been well-documented and forms one front in Iran’s proxy war against the United States. Receiving much less attention than Iraq, is the role Iran has played in supporting anti-NATO insurgents in Afghanistan as a second front against […]
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Posted in Iran, Nuclear, Raymond Tanter on Sep 30th, 2009 Comments Off on Iran’s diplomacy of delay
From Raymond Tanter As the Obama administration prepares for October 1 negotiations with Iran, Tehran steals a page from Pyongyang’s playbook: escalate confrontation in advance of engagement. Why not? Escalation to win concessions and backtracking on promises have worked for North Korea. On September 27, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps conducted war games that included […]
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Posted in Iran, Iraq, Raymond Tanter, United Nations on Sep 22nd, 2009 Comments Off on UN ponders, Iranians sacrifice
From Raymond Tanter The opening of the UN General Assembly in New York provides advocates of human rights an additional forum to embarrass President Ahmadinejad of Iran for his serial violations of the rights of Iranians at home and abroad. A hunger strike by 36 Iranian dissidents, taken hostage by Iraqi forces, continues into its […]
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From Philip Carl Salzman How do we know whether our models, or, to be more modest, our characterizations of countries are correct? We try to show that the case studies and other information that we adduce support our vision. But our interpretations are seldom challenged by immediate events, and their validity is most easily assessed […]
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Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Books, Daniel Byman, Josef Joffe, Joshua Muravchik, Mark N. Katz, Mark T. Clark, Michael Doran, Michael Horowitz, Michael Mandelbaum, Michael Reynolds, Philip Carl Salzman, Raymond Tanter, Walter Laqueur on Jul 18th, 2009 Comments Off on Summer reading 2009
Summer is upon us, and MESH has asked its members to recommend books for summer reading. (For more information on a book, or to place an order with Amazon through the MESH bookstore, click on the book title or cover.) And now that you have other reading, MESH takes our first vacation since we launched […]
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