Abbas Maleki

September 26, 2007

"How to Build US-Iran Relations"

Op-Ed, Boston Globe

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

"...Iran has not suspended its uranium enrichment program, but it has not ignored the UN Security Council resolutions on Iran either, as can be discerned in the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency citing "significant progress" in Iran-IAEA cooperation. With the United States and Iran talking in Iraq and Iran-IAEA cooperation yielding concrete results in terms of Iran's nuclear transparency, the stage is potentially set for de-escalating the US-Iran tensions, particularly if both sides adopt a long-term view and sort out the security dimension."

September 21, 2007

"U.S., Iran Need to Build Confidence"

Op-Ed, San Francisco Chronicle

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

"...the stage is set for a thaw in U.S.-Iran relations. With sufficient political will on both sides, Washington and Tehran can achieve this by adopting concrete confidence-building measures and by imposing a mutually agreed-upon moratorium on demonizing each other."

September 2007

"Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline: Is It a Peace Pipeline?"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, MIT Center for International Studies Audit of the Conventional Wisdom, issue 16, volume 7

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program

A major natural gas pipeline that would stretch from the fields of southern Iran to Pakistan and India — itself a remarkable prospect — is being planned. But it faces serious hurdles, not least the fierce opposition of the U.S. government.

August 17, 2007

"Saving the Peace Pipeline"

Op-Ed, Agence Global

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

"...in light of the IPI’s potential contribution to regional development, complementing the North-South corridor under consideration by the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), it may be a good idea to revamp the IPI into a consortium that opens the possibility of a future role by other regional parties, both in terms of investment as well as linkage with the regional gas network."

June 20, 2007

"China-Middle East Dialogue in the Age of Rising Energy"

Book Chapter

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program

Abbas Maleki illustrates how China's growing relations with Iran and Saudi Arabia affect Sino-American relations.

2007

Iran

Book Chapter

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program

Iran has not acted as a dragon breathing ideological fire across the region, but rather as a traditional entrepreneur and reliable trader.

August 23, 2006

"Iran's Diplomacy in Action"

Op-Ed, Agence Global

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

In this insider's assessment of Iran's long-awaited response to the incentive package offered by the United States and other world powers, Abbas Maleki and Kaveh Afrasiabi argue that this is an opportunity for diplomacy that could actually halt Iran's nuclear enrichment and address the concerns of the West.

July 21, 2006

Why Not Involve Iran in Effort To Establish Order in Mideast?

Op-Ed, Forward

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program

The world faces different crises all the time, and each generation feels its crises to be the biggest.

May 14, 2006

Jack Straw and Understanding Iran

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Shargh, (East)

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program

May 10, 2006

"Iran Is Eager to Defuse the Nuclear Squabble"

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program

"...the general public does not consider the nuclear issue to be of vital importance. Nuclear technology will do little for the average Iranian — it cannot create more jobs for a country that needs 1m jobs annually, it cannot change the chronic low efficiency, productivity and effectiveness of the economy and management, and it will do nothing to improve Iran's commercial ties with the rest of the world...."