National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Publications » Iran http://ncusar.org/pubs Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:49:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Geopolitical Dynamics: Iran – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference http://ncusar.org/pubs/2011/10/auspc-iran-2011/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/2011/10/auspc-iran-2011/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:45:09 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/pubs/?p=1685 GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS (V): Iran

Chair:

Dr. John L. Iskander - Chair, Near East and North Africa Area Studies, Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State.

Speakers:

Mr. Afshin Molavi - Senior Fellow, New America Foundation; Senior Middle East Advisor, Oxford Analytica; and author, The Soul of Iran.

Dr. Janne Nolan - Director, Nuclear Security Programs, American Security Project; former Professor of International Affairs and Deputy Director of the Ridgway Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Flynt Leverett - Director, Iran Initiative, and Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation; and author, Dealing with Tehran: Assessing U.S. Diplomatic Options toward Iran and Inheriting Syria: Bashar’s Trial by Fire.

Dr. Kenneth B. Katzman - Specialist in Middle East Affairs in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

AUDIO (.mp3)

TRANSCRIPT (.pdf)

]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/2011/10/auspc-iran-2011/feed/ 0 Geo-Political Dynamics (II): The Iran Conundrum – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference http://ncusar.org/pubs/2010/10/auspc-iran/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/2010/10/auspc-iran/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:15:41 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/pubs/?p=1301 GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (II):
The Iran Conundrum

CHAIR:

Dr. John Iskander − Chair of Near East and North Africa Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute; Professorial Lecturer at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University; former Professor of Islamic Studies at Georgia State University.

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Flynt Leverett − Director, Iran Initiative, Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative, New America Foundation.

Mr. Thomas Delare –Director, Terrorism Finance and Sanctions Policy, Economic Bureau, United States Department of State; former Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy; former Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

Dr. Trita Parsi − Founder and President of the National Iranian American Council [NIAC]; author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel, and the United States and silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations; 2010 recipient of the  Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving world Order.

Dr. Kenneth B. Katzman − Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

COMMENTATOR:

Dr. Thomas R. Mattair − Executive Director, Middle East Policy Council; Associate Editor, Middle East Policy.

VIDEO

TRANSCRIPT (.pdf)

]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/2010/10/auspc-iran/feed/ 0 Strategic Dynamics of Iran-GCC relations http://ncusar.org/pubs/2010/08/strategic-dynamics-of-iran-gcc-relations/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/2010/08/strategic-dynamics-of-iran-gcc-relations/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:00:41 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/pubs/?p=1421 John Duke Anthony – Strategic Dynamics of Iran-GCC relations (.pdf file), in Industrialization in the Gulf: A Socioeconomic Revolution, edited by Jean-Francois Seznec and Mimi Kirk.

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Iran Nuclear Programme 20-March-2010 from Joslyn Massad on Vimeo.

]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/2010/04/strategy-on-iran/feed/ 0 Geo-Political Dynamics (III): Iran and Iraq – 2008 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference http://ncusar.org/pubs/2008/10/geo-political-dynamics-iii-iran-and-iraq-2008-arab-u-s-policymakers-conference/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/2008/10/geo-political-dynamics-iii-iran-and-iraq-2008-arab-u-s-policymakers-conference/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/wordpress/?p=56 “GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (III): IRAN AND IRAQ“

Chair: Dr. John Duke Anthony − President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.

Speakers: Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (USAF, Ret.) − President and Founder of The Scowcroft Group; former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush; concluded a twenty-nine year military career that began with graduation West Point at the rank of Air Force Lieutenant General serving as Deputy National Security Advisor; former Director, Kissinger Associates.

General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC, Ret.) − former Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, with responsibility for planning and operations for twenty-seven (27) countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Horn of Africa. Following his retirement the military, General Hoar formed the consulting firm of J.P. Hoar & Associates, which is engaged in business development in the Middle East and Africa.

Mr. Wayne White − Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute and  Policy Expert, Middle East Policy Council; former Deputy Director of the Near East and South Asia Office, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State.

Dr. Kenneth Katzman − Senior Middle East Affairs Specialist, Congressional Research Service, United States Congress.   Author of numerous and regularly updated briefing reports for Members of the United States Congress on Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the GCC region.

VIDEO

TRANSCRIPT (.pdf)

Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (USAF, Ret.) AUDIO (.mp3)

General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC, Ret.) AUDIO (.mp3)

Mr. Wayne White AUDIO (.mp3)

Dr. Kenneth Katzman AUDIO (.mp3)

AUDIO FROM PANEL Q & A (.mp3)

]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/2008/10/geo-political-dynamics-iii-iran-and-iraq-2008-arab-u-s-policymakers-conference/feed/ 0 War with Iran: Regional Reactions and Requirements http://ncusar.org/pubs/2008/06/war-with-iran-regional-reactions-and-requirements/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/2008/06/war-with-iran-regional-reactions-and-requirements/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:00:00 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/wordpress/?p=47 John Duke Anthony – War with Iran: Regional Reactions and Requirements (.pdf file)

 

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]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/2008/04/gulf-u-s-relations-going-where/feed/ 0 An American in Qatar: Observations on the 2007 GCC Summit http://ncusar.org/pubs/2007/12/an-american-in-qatar-observations-on-the-2007-gcc-summit/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/2007/12/an-american-in-qatar-observations-on-the-2007-gcc-summit/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:00:00 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/wordpress/?p=41 John Duke Anthony – An American in Qatar: Observations on the 2007 GCC Summit (via SUSRIS)

]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/2007/12/an-american-in-qatar-observations-on-the-2007-gcc-summit/feed/ 0 Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Perspectives of the U.S.-Gulf Relationship with the Benefit of Hindsight from the Year Before http://ncusar.org/pubs/2006/12/through-a-looking-glass-darkly-perspectives-of-the-u-s-gulf-relationship-with-the-benefit-of-hindsight-from-the-year-before/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/2006/12/through-a-looking-glass-darkly-perspectives-of-the-u-s-gulf-relationship-with-the-benefit-of-hindsight-from-the-year-before/#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:00:00 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/wordpress/?p=35 John Duke Anthony – Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Perspectives of the U.S.-Gulf Relationship with the Benefit of Hindsight from the Year Before (.pdf file)

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]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/1993/11/iran-in-gcc-dynamics/feed/ 0 The Iraq-Iran War and The Gulf Cooperation Council http://ncusar.org/pubs/1984/06/the-iraq-iran-war-and-the-gulf-cooperation-council/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/1984/06/the-iraq-iran-war-and-the-gulf-cooperation-council/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 1984 21:00:03 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/pubs/?p=417 John Duke Anthony – The Iraq-Iran War and The Gulf Cooperation Council (.pdf file).

]]> http://ncusar.org/pubs/1984/06/the-iraq-iran-war-and-the-gulf-cooperation-council/feed/ 0 Regional and Worldwide Implications of the Gulf War http://ncusar.org/pubs/1983/05/regional-and-worldwide-implications-of-the-gulf-war/ http://ncusar.org/pubs/1983/05/regional-and-worldwide-implications-of-the-gulf-war/#comments Sun, 01 May 1983 22:00:35 +0000 ncusar http://ncusar.org/pubs/?p=1120 John Duke Anthony – Regional and Worldwide Implications of the Gulf War (.pdf file)

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