Who’s Afraid of the Ayatollahs?
Reprinted by arrangement with Gary Choices By Gary Sick Politicians and pundits are curiously schizophrenic when discussing Iran. On one hand, they are prepared to declare, as Mitt Romney did, that the...
View ArticleTaking a break from the hawks
Editor’s note: This week, in place of our weekly roundup of hawkish commentary about Iran, we’re highlighting two articles regarding the U.S.’s Iran policy that shouldn’t be missed. While discussing...
View ArticleGary Sick on U.S. government leaks ahead of Iran nuclear talks
On Sunday former US national security advisor and Iran expert Dr. Gary Sick wrote the following about U.S. government leaks to news outlets ahead of expected renewed talks between the P5+1 this month....
View ArticleIran Sanctions Leading US Toward Military Conflict
via Lobe Log The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has updated its Iran Sanctions page to include more individuals and entities, including Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic...
View ArticleIran and the United States: Ready, set, go?
via Lobe Log Former Iran-desk State Department staffer Reza Marashi and journalist Sahar Namazikhah remind us that Iran’s influnetial Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has publicly...
View ArticleBook Review: “Original Sins” Fuelled U.S.-Iran Enmity
By Gary Sick via IPS News NEW YORK, Nov 26 2012 (IPS) - I have never read a book quite like this. “Becoming Enemies” is the latest product of the indispensable National Security Archive, the Washington...
View ArticleGary Sick: Iran Nuclear Deal Requires Proper Political Will
via Lobe Log From the English language transcript of a VOA interview with Columbia Professor Gary Sick, an acute observer of US-Iranian relations who served on the National Security Council staffs of...
View ArticleGary Sick on Iran’s Foreign Policy
via Lobe Log Gary Sick, who served as an Iran specialist on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan, speaks to Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose about an article...
View ArticleHuffPost Live: Iran Diplomacy is Working
via Lobe Log Gary Sick (Columbia University professor who served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan), Joe Cirincione (President of the Ploughshares Fund),...
View ArticleGary Sick on Iran: Is Agreement Possible?
by Jasmin Ramsey Columbia University Professor Gary Sick, who served as an Iran specialist on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan, examines US Persian Gulf Policy...
View ArticleIran’s New Foreign Minister Signals to the US
via LobeLog by Jasmin Ramsey There’s an interview up on IRDiplomacy with Iran’s newly appointed foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, whose speech at the nomination hearings last week was so stunning...
View ArticleSpeculation over Iran-U.S. Détente Continues Apace
by Jim Lobe via IPS News On the eve of a possible – if seemingly accidental – encounter between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the corridors of the U.N. Secretariat...
View ArticleU.S., Iran Trade Cautious Overtures at U.N.
by Jasmin Ramsey via IPS News While the U.S. and Iranian heads of state have yet to meet, the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly may mark a new era between the two countries. After...
View ArticleAppeal to Sen. Schumer to Reconsider Support for Iran Sanctions Bill
The following is a letter sent by Gary Sick, the Columbia University professor who served as the Iran expert on the National Security Council under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan, to Sen. Charles...
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