MIDDLE EAST
July 29, 2006
A Lebanon My Mother Never Saw
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Juliette Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy
The Lebanon we see is the Lebanon we remember, the one we don't visit.
July 7, 2006
Synchronising Policies towards Pyongyang and Teheran
Op-Ed, The Bangkok Post
By Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Former Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2007–2010; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2004–2007
July 6, 2006
"Confronting Iran: A US Security Guarantee for Israel?"
Op-Ed, BitterLemons-International.org -- Middle East Roundtable, issue 25, volume 4
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations and Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
"A treaty would also serve as a long term foundation for US-Israel relations and ensure Israel's standing in the US in the future, at a time when the pro-Israel community may be less influential and the administration and Congress less friendly than they are at present."
July 3, 2006
Finishing the War on Terrorism
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Bob Graham, Former Senior Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2005-2006
THE US SENATE has just completed a contentious and partisan debate on when and under what conditions America should withdraw its troops from Iraq. Within hours of the debate's end, the White House indicated it was developing a plan to draw down troop levels in Iraq, beginning as early as this fall. Iraq was a distraction from our primary threats. Our country has paid a high price in lives, national honor, and resources for that mistake.
June 15, 2006
"Finding Compromise in Iran"
Op-Ed, Boston Globe
By Abbas Maleki, Associate, International Security Program and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom
"...If Iran is willing to agree to a deal under which it would remain legally committed not to build nuclear weapons, no more centrifuges would be added, and extensive verification would be allowed, that would be far better for US security than letting insistence on zero propel a drift toward confrontation. After all, failure to reach agreement would mean no limit on Iran's centrifuges, and a drift in the direction of sanctions and potential military strikes, with all the dangers they would hold...."
June 5, 2006
"U.S. Counts on China as Mediator with Iran"
Op-Ed, San Francisco Chronicle
By Xiaohui (Anne) Wu, Former Associate, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2007–2010; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom, 2004–2007
"Iran should realize that throwing out more provocative rhetoric could only make it harder for China to maintain its diplomatic balance. The United States should let up on pressuring China to coerce Iran, thus keeping China as a viable bridge for dialogue and persuasion."
June 2, 2006
"Iran's Volatile Ethnic Mix"
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By Brenda Shaffer, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1999–2007; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Program, 2000–2005; Former Research Director, Caspian Studies Project, 2005–2007
Western policy makers should consider the response of ethnic minorities when assessing regime stability in Iran. Policy toward Iran should include strategies to deal with the political demands of Iranian ethnic groups — demands that are only likely to grow.
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...."
April 22, 2006
Jews and Israel: More Voices
Op-Ed, New York Times, Letter to the Editor
By Richard N. Rosecrance, Adjunct Professor; International Security Program; Director, Project on U.S.-China Relations
April 20, 2006
A Peaceful Call to Arms
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Paul Kane, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, February 2004–August 2008
