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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

all of JFK's experiences in nuclear crises -- especially his efforts to keep the lines open. EFTA00707079 Kenneth M Pollack is a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution and the author, most recently, of "Unthinkable.• Iran, the Bomb and American Strategy.') Article 3. Politico Obama's Fight with Israel: This Tim

speech to the virtual summit just days after Iran's currency plunged to its lowest levels ever to the U.S. dollar due to crippling US sanctions." Rouhani, Reuters <https://www.reuters.corn/arficle/us-un-assembly-iran/rouhani-says-u-s-can-impose-neither- negotiations-nor-war-on-iran-idUSKCN26D2OE> (9/22

s, has not at this stage made it possible to end Iran's destabilizing activities or to ensure that it will not be able to acquire nuclear weapons." Rouhani: Iran "Not A Bargaining Chip In US Elections." The AP <https://apnews.com/4820d89135364c1ec9054b0b6068fc55> (9/22, Batrawy) reports Iranian Presiden

ran "Not A Bargaining Chip In US Elections." The AP <https://apnews.com/4820d89135364c1ec9054b0b6068fc55> (9/22, Batrawy) reports Iranian President Hassan Rouhani "delivered a defiant and fiery speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly," and "insisted that it is the US that will surrender to the resilience o

year, though they have exchanged insults." To the Times, "rarely have relations between a president and a speaker been this toxic." Darrell West of the Brookings Institution says their relations are at an "all-time low." Adds West, "There have been other presidents and speakers who didn't see eye-to-eye, yet they maintai

aid she briefed Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel over weekly lunches. Some priorities were clear. The election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran presents the West with perhaps its last good chance to curb its nuclear program. Mr. Rouhani has a mandate to ease sanctions o

ere clear. The election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran presents the West with perhaps its last good chance to curb its nuclear program. Mr. Rouhani has a mandate to ease sanctions on Iran and has signaled an eagerness to negotiate. But other goals appear to have been dictated as much as by pers

ou can have your agenda, but you can't control what happens," said Tamara Cofman Wittes, the director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. "The argument that we can't make a decisive difference, so we're not going to try, is wrongheaded." Other analysts said that the administration wa

w York Times Reading Tweets from Iran August 25 - Social media are an unorthodox, but useful, way to start to get a sense of Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani. In a flurry of English-language posts on Twitter since his election in June, Mr. Rouhani has given reason to hope that he is serious about resolv

to start to get a sense of Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani. In a flurry of English-language posts on Twitter since his election in June, Mr. Rouhani has given reason to hope that he is serious about resolving disputes with the United States and other major powers, most urgently about Iran's nucl

ry is driving the country farther down the path of instability," said Tamara Cofman Wittes, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. "And it's going to make Egypt less able to cooperate with us on countertenor and other regional security concerns because it will be more enmeshed

ons on Iran caused tremendous economic pain and helped Hassan Rouhani win popular support in the Iranian Presidential elections last year. Although Rouhani is no liberal—he has revolutionary and religious credentials, which is why he was able to run—he was not Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's favored candidate

was not Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's favored candidate. Khamenei is an opaque, cautious figure, Administration officials say, but he clearly acceded to Rouhani as he saw the political demands of the population shift. The nuclear negotiations in Geneva, which were preceded by secret contacts with the Irani

still strong alliance with Israel, the danger of "lone wolf' terror threats. But, while a man who funds the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution may have warmed to Obama, there is no question that, in certain professional foreign-policy circles, Obama is often regarded with mistrust. His Syr

and pledge a vigorous economic and military response to any Iranian violation, regional players will render their own judgments. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's "charm offensive" has had a dramatic effect in the West, but no one in the Middle East buys Iran's projection of pacifism. Indeed, Tehran's direc

not be so lucky. Which is why today's ambivalence in those places is already starting to shade over into anxiety. Robert Kagan is senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, chair of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the United States and author, most recently, of The World America Made. EFTA00684277