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...both ways—to receive the benefits of “peaceful nuclear cooperation” despite the fact that the nation has built weapons—creates a double standard that could ultimately undermine U.S. policy toward nations like Iran, where diplomats have been promising to aid Iran??s civilian nuclear program if the nation abandons its quest to build nuclear weapons...
...already has a missile system that can defend it against the current threat from North Korea, and E.U. officials have questioned whether Europe faces an immediate threat that calls for a U.S.-run defense system. In April, however, NATO declared its support for the missile defense system, so if Iran??s nuclear capabilities are truly an urgent threat, it should be possible to install the system in a NATO member state farther from Russia’s borders than Poland the Czech Republic...
...Even prestigious publications often fall into this trap. In recent days, an article in the New York Times declared Iraq “a place where even the most basic reasoning refuses to go in a straight line.” This was in response to Iran??s seemingly confusing approval of attempts to crack down on Shi‘a militias. In fact, Iran??s behavior was perfectly rational, even predictable, given a more careful understanding of the situation. Her close alliance with the Shi‘a group which leads the government provides ample...
Shira Kaplan ’08 is a government concentrator at Kirkland House. She is currently completing her thesis on Iran??s crisis behavior in the post-revolutionary era. She served in the Israeli Defense Forces for two years before coming to Harvard...
...that this president’s reactionary fervor has played out on the world stage and as Iran??s economy slows, the system seems primed for more upheaval. According to an article in The New York Times yesterday, the Iranian political elite grows more frustrated every day with Ahmadinejad; insistent on progress, they have begun to clamor and sadly, be repressed. Meanwhile, the president clings to his popular image as principled and righteous among the more religious majority. Even under the alien auspices of a theocracy, the similarities of the Iranian electoral system to our own are salient...