The Russian leadership wants to avoid a dangerous precedent in which it is squeezed out of Iran by the United States and Israel—and left powerless to respond in any meaningful way.
Nikita Smagin
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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.
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James E. Doyle
Sara Kutchesfahani
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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