The ultimate multidimensional Iran strategy 10/29/2017 6:22:35 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Iran ballistic missiles Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Arab News, 28 October 2017  - Many governments and institutions have failed to implement a successful Iran policy because they do not examine the whole picture. An effective policy should not just focus on one of Iran’s activities, such as funding and arming terrorist groups. It should be a broad, multidimensional strategy that includes, among other things, Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, regional interventions, terrorist-related activities and human rights abuses. This comprehensive strategy emphasizes the use of soft power and prevents a war with Iran. The ballistic missile program, which is a pillar of Iran’s foreign policy and is directly linked to the nuclear program, should be restricted and part of any nuclear deal. States should urge the UN Security Council (UNSC) to impose sancti...

Washington's concerns with the Iran nuclear deal 10/12/2017 10:11:07 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Iran nuclear deal under administrators of President Trump WASHINGTON, AFP, 12 October 2017  - Under US President Donald Trump, Washington's doubts about the virtues of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have risen back to the surface of policy debate. The accord still has many fierce supporters, particularly among veterans of Barack Obama's former administration, but the views of anti-Iran hawks have gained ground. Washington's European allies and even some of Trump's most senior American advisers still think the deal is the best way to curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions. But Trump's willingness to cast aside Washington foreign policy orthodoxy and denunciate the accord as an 'embarrassment' have opened space for counter arguments. These are the main concerns of the deal's critics: - The 'sunset clause...

TOM RIDGE: WE NEED REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN President Trump has been very clear about his strong commitment to combat the global scourge of terrorism and to combat those nations that support and enable it. He has signaled his desire to build meaningful partnerships to achieve these goals and his focus in the Middle East is particularly relevant. In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, the President unhesitatingly identified which players are our friends and which are our enemies in that unstable region. Keep Up With This Story And More  By Subscribing Now Since taking office, he has strengthened ties between our traditional Arab allies, led by Saudi Arabia, with a determined and specific eye toward challenging a mutual, longstanding enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran.   This approach should be taken a step further. In addition to working with supportive countries to confront Iran, there is a meaningful partnership to be built with an ...

Alan Dershowitz: Trump's 'Calm Before the Storm' Is Warning to Iran, North Korea TOM RIDGE: WE NEED REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN President Trump has been very clear about his strong commitment to combat the global scourge of terrorism and to combat those nations that support and enable it. He has signaled his desire to build meaningful partnerships to achieve these goals and his focus in the Middle East is particularly relevant. In his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, the President unhesitatingly identified which players are our friends and which are our enemies in that unstable region. Keep Up With This Story And More  By Subscribing Now Since taking office, he has strengthened ties between our traditional Arab allies, led by Saudi Arabia, with a determined and specific eye toward challenging a mutual, longstanding enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran.   This approach should be taken a step further. In addition to working with suppo...

TOM RIDGE: WE NEED REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN Tom Ridge says a significant first step in this process would be the public recognition of the National Council of Resistance in Iran By Tom Ridge   Newsweek- Oct. 7, 2017-  President Trump has been very clear about his strong commitment to combat the global scourge of terrorism and to combat those nations that support and enable it. He has signaled his desire to build meaningful partnerships to achieve these goals and his focus in the Middle East is particularly relevant. In his first speech to the  United Nations  General Assembly last month, the President unhesitatingly identified which players are our friends and which are our enemies in that unstable region. Since taking office, he has strengthened ties between our traditional Arab allies, led by Saudi Arabia, with a determined and specific eye toward challenging a mutual, longstanding enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran.  This approac...