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We've Reached a 'Nuclear Framework' with Iran. So Now What?
No negotiations with the Iranians are easy. The difficulty in producing the framework understanding is a reminder that filling in the details will also prove to be an ordeal. While the framework includes important limitations on the Iranian program, the Iranians will resist the scope of the verification that the
Apr 2, 2015
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  • Dennis Ross
Articles & Testimony
Iran Negotiation Isn't Over Until It's Over
If we want to keep the Iranians from cheating, the issue of responses and consequences needs to be clear.
Apr 2, 2015
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  • Dennis Ross
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, gestures while speaking
Brief Analysis
Iran's Internal Messaging on the Nuclear Talks
By issuing blanket calls for the lifting of all sanctions, Tehran may undermine efforts to forge, implement, and enforce a viable nuclear deal.
Apr 1, 2015
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  • Mehdi Khalaji
Articles & Testimony
Deal or No, Iran Will Remain a Nuclear Threat
Rather than questioning the motivations of skeptics, the Obama administration should demonstrate that it has compelling answers to their concerns about a nuclear deal's potential vulnerabilities, including on breakout time, verification, and response to violations.
Mar 31, 2015
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  • Dennis Ross
Video
To Understand Iranian Centrifuges, Look to a Top
A key element, if not the key element, in the nuclear negotiations with Iran, appears to be the number and type of centrifuges which Iran will be able to retain. Curiously, part of the discussion can be illustrated using a children's top. High-speed centrifuges are used to enrich uranium. "Enriching"
Mar 28, 2015
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Iran's Nuclear Breakout Time: A Fact Sheet
With reports that Washington and its partners may reach a nuclear accord with Iran in the coming days, a former senior IAEA safeguards official answers the most pressing questions about Tehran's program and how the agreement might affect its capabilities.
Mar 28, 2015
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  • Olli Heinonen
Brief Analysis
Dual Crises May Intensify Obama-Netanyahu Tensions
To avoid a full-blown diplomatic collision, Obama will have to urgently address concerns about the Iranian nuclear deal, while Netanyahu will need to publicly declare a two-state-minded policy on Israeli settlements.
Mar 23, 2015
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  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
Save Them from Themselves
If Obama and Netanyahu don't find a way to rebuild burned bridges, the U.S.-Israel alliance and the interests it represents will suffer.
Mar 22, 2015
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Rouhani Feels The Pressure, Too
Failure to reach a nuclear agreement would have grim consequences for Iran's president and the wider reformist movement, but even a successful deal would leave him open to further conservative challenges on the resultant concessions.
Mar 20, 2015
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  • Mehdi Khalaji
United Nations headquarters building in New York - source: Reuters
Brief Analysis
How a UN Resolution Can Generate Confidence in an Iran Nuclear Deal
A tough UNSC resolution could help boost the long-term viability and strength of a nuclear agreement, but only if said resolution avoids some of the errors seemingly present in the current negotiations with Iran.
Mar 17, 2015
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  • James Jeffrey
In-Depth Reports
Nuclear Iran: A Glossary
Understand the details of debates over Iran's nuclear program and the international response with this interactive glossary that translates technical jargon into language comprehensible even to the layperson.
Mar 16, 2015
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  • Simon Henderson
  • Olli Heinonen
Brief Analysis
How Russia Views the Iran Nuclear Talks
As negotiations intensify this month, Moscow will continue pursuing its own agenda.
Mar 12, 2015
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Articles & Testimony
What Congress's Iran Letter Signals About Obama's Diplomacy
To gain skeptics' support, the president needs to make the substantive case for his Iran policy and be willing to take their concerns on board.
Mar 12, 2015
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  • Michael Singh
A banner of Iran's former Supreme leader Khomeini
Articles & Testimony
Iran's Next Supreme Leader and the Nuclear Deal
In all likelihood, Khamenei's potentially imminent successor will be even more of a hardliner, and he could renege on a deal just as easily as the next U.S. president.
Mar 10, 2015
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  • Mehdi Khalaji
Brief Analysis
The Most Overlooked Line in Netanyahu's Address
One of the prime minister's remarks suggests that a more fundamental dispute may be brewing between U.S. and Israeli intelligence over Washington's claim that an Iran deal will provide sufficient warning of any nuclear breakout.
Mar 6, 2015
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  • Robert Satloff
Video
Netanyahu Speech Reveals U.S., Israel Gaps on Iran and the Middle East
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s March 3 speech to a joint session of Congress revealed two significant gaps in the U.S. and Israeli approaches to the Middle East, according to Dr. Robert Satloff, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. First, Netanyahu would prioritize the fight against
Mar 4, 2015
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Netanyahu Has Reasons To Be Worried
Washington has left too many questions unanswered in a possible nuclear deal with Iran.
Mar 4, 2015
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  • Dennis Ross
Articles & Testimony
Netanyahu's Three Objections to a U.S. Deal with Iran
Whatever one thinks of the circumstances of his address, Netanyahu raised concrete concerns that should not simply be dismissed.
Mar 4, 2015
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  • Michael Singh
Brief Analysis
Iran's Provocative Naval Exercise: Motives and Implications
Blowing up a mock U.S. carrier was likely the Supreme Leader's way of prodding the depressed oil market and reaffirming his role as the true arbiter of Iran's nuclear future.
Mar 3, 2015
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  • Farzin Nadimi
Brief Analysis
Dealing with a Bad Iranian Nuclear Agreement
Whether by advocating careful congressional action or simply waiting until a new administration is in place, those who question the president's apparent Iran strategy will have several means of correcting course once an agreement is signed.
Mar 2, 2015
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  • James Jeffrey

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