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re Saree Makdisi Article 6. The National Interest Why Pakistan Won't Sell Saudi the Bomb Zachary Keck Article 7. NYT A Dangerous Interregnum Roger Cohen Arncic 1. The Washington Post Barack or Bibi? David Ignatius November 17 -- Three decades ago, a congressional test of wills over Middle East p

a supposed right to it. U.S. negotiators believe that history shows the capitulation approach doesn't work with Iran. Back in 2003, when President Hassan Rouhani was his country's nuclear negotiator, Iran offered concessions to the West to limit its program. At that time, Iran had about 164 centrifuges. The

o fixated on a short-term deal with the latest media-hyped dictator as to miss altogether the real opportunity held out by the present moment? Can Rouhani be the new Gorbachev? Hardly. But if it will happen, it can only happen if we help him as we helped Mr. Gorbachev—if, by fidelity to our principles

Kenneth M. Pollack Article 3. Politico Obama's Fight with Israel: This Time It's Serious Robert Satloff Article 4. The Wall Street Journal Is Rouhani the New Gorbachev? Natan Sharansky Article 5. Los Angeles Times Israel's policy of erasure Saree Makdisi Article 6. The National Interest Why

00 15 November, 2013 Article 1. The National Interest Has Iran Outfoxed Netanyahu? Rajan Menon Article 2. NYT French Muscle, American Cheese Roger Cohen Article 3. The Financial Times The four big truths that are shaping the Iran talks Philip Stephens Article 4. Reuters Syria balance tilts towa

econd is that the sanctions haven't forced Iran to abandon its insistence on having a fuel cycle, and there's no evidence that they will. Even were Rouhani inclined to make such a concession in order to gain relief for the sagging Iranian economy—and there's no evidence that that's the case—he would ne

ill keep the process alive. This accounts for Netanyahu's combative mood. He found it easy to muster international support for a hard-line against Rouhani's predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was losing political ground at home and whose inflammatory rhetoric made him a reviled figure in much of th

Hill to oppose the talks, but none of his objections were persuasive. There is no evidence that Iran is bent on conflict. New York Times columnist Roger Cohen noted that "greater economic contact with the world and the gradual emergence of a young generation of Iranians drawn to the West" could moderate Te

pability. Even many Iranians well- disposed toward America support their nation's nuclear program and do not want to be ruled from abroad. President Rouhani would face well-founded criticism for "appeasement" if he proposed yielding to such demands. Noted NIAC's Trita Parsi: Rouhani "wants and needs a de