• Event

The Iran Job

• Karim Sadjadpour, Till Schauder, Sara Nodjoumi
• December 20, 2011
• Washington, D.C.

American basketball player Kevin Sheppard experiences life in Iran in the run-up to the 2009 uprising and subsequent suppression of Iran’s reformist Green Movement.

• Event

Public Opinion on Iraq and the Arab Spring

• James Zogby, Edward Gnehm Jr., Mustafa Hamarneh, Marwan Muasher, Marina Ottaway
• December 19, 2011
• Washington, D.C.
• Event Transcript

Zogby Research Services conducted polling in eight countries across the Middle East and North Africa, as well as in the United States, to look at public opinion on the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the Arab Spring, and other recent developments in the region.

• Op-Ed

A New Balance of Power if Syria Shifts Away from Iran

• Paul Salem
• December 09, 2011
• National
• • عربي

Upheaval in Syria and the imminent U.S. withdrawal from Iraq mark a potentially massive power shift in the Middle East which could bring new opportunities for peace, and risks of war, for Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.

• Op-Ed

Who Wants Diplomacy on Iran?

• Mark Hibbs
• December 01, 2011
• Arms Control Wonk

The lack of a roadmap to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis may stem from the possibility that none of the players involved, including the United States, Russia, China, Iran, and Israel, have a real interest in achieving a negotiated settlement.

The West's New International Security Challenges

• George Perkovich
• November 30, 2011
• Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies

Turmoil in Arab states and the U.S. nuclear weapons agenda constitute some of the most important developments in the international security environment since 2008, and both have serious implications for global security over the next decade.

• Q&A

Waiting for Russia's Next Move on Iran

• Mark Hibbs
• November 22, 2011

In the coming months, Washington will need to walk a fine line to maintain pressure on Iran while trying to prevent the nuclear crisis from escalating out of control.

• TV/Radio Broadcast

Iran's Nuclear Threat

• Karim Sadjadpour
• November 13, 2011
• ABC's This Week

Any military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities will indefinitely postpone the shelf life of the Iranian regime and therefore be counterproductive.

• TV/Radio Broadcast

Don't Rush to War with Iran

• Karim Sadjadpour
• November 13, 2011
• GPS with Fareed Zakaria. November 13

The challenge set by Iran’s nuclear program is a post-American challenge.

• Op-Ed

Ayatollah for a Day

• Karim Sadjadpour
• November 10, 2011
• Foreign Policy

The strongest argument against an attack on Iran is that while it may set back Tehran's nuclear clock by two to three years, it would also likely resuscitate the fortunes of a deeply unpopular Iranian regime, prolonging its shelf life by another decade or generation.

• Q&A

Containing the Iranian Nuclear Threat

• Karim Sadjadpour, James M. Acton
• November 10, 2011

While new allegations call the peaceful intentions of Iran’s nuclear program into greater question, China and Russia are unlikely to agree to sanctions they view as crippling.