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f-preservation and preservation of its interests. This explains why Iran appeared to be part of the solution, and not part of the problem, when the Bush administration wanted to get rid of the 'Afghan Emirate'. At worst, Iran can be described, after the fall of the Taliban, as a realist state, eager

ther 'rogue' nor 'failed' in scope, i.e. a state that could be a source of opportunities rather than a curse. It explains why (former US President) George W. Bush's labelling of Iran as part of the 'Axis of Evil' (29 January 2002), shocked the Iranians who saw that as an unnecessary humiliation. Especially becau

se. It explains why (former US President) George W. Bush's labelling of Iran as part of the 'Axis of

comfortable issues.54 When one has in mind the criticism from the White 5° See Mark N. Katz. 'Iran and America: Is Rapprochement Finally Possible?', Middle East Policy. Volume 12, Number 4, Winter 2005, p.49 5I Also known as the Revolutionary Guards, they are the military backbone of the regime, and more and more

and counselor at The Washington Institute. Previously, he served as the State Department's director of policy planning under President George H. W Bush, special Middle East coordinator under President Clinton, and special assistant to President Obama from 2009 to 2011. ArtIcic 4. The American Inte

a half-baked deal only to buy time for a peace process that appears to be floundering anyway. Daniel Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. During a 29-year career in the US. Foreign Service, h

sked for service at a whites-only counter at an F.W. Woolworth store in Greensboro. =hursday night a

ic Magazine — <=pan style="font-family:Georgia,seritfont-size:12pt;line- height:107%"> David Rohde wrote — How Partisan Bickering Sabotaged America's Middle East Policy — ba=ed on an recent New York Times investigation which investigation questioned the cent=al tenet of the Republican assault on the White House reg