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Time for a US/Iran Patch Up

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By James E. Doyle and Sara Kutchesfahani
Published on Mar 21, 2006
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Source: March 21

"Time for a US/Iran Patch Up" is a guest paper by James E. Doyle and Sara Kutchesfahani of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.  They write in their personal capacities.  For the full text of their article, please click on the link above. 

For a shorter summary of the paper, please click here. 

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James E. Doyle
Sara Kutchesfahani
Nuclear PolicyNorth AmericaUnited StatesMiddle EastIran

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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