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1 week ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Ray Takeyh |Alexander Cooley |Rose Gottemoeller |Michael A. McFaul
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, many Western analysts and scholars who study post-Soviet countries expected those countries’ governments and publics to express solidarity with Ukraine and denounce Russian attempts to reclaim territory and deny Ukraine’s sovereignty.
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1 week ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Ray Takeyh |Elliott Abrams |Rose Gottemoeller |Lynn Kuok
Nearly every week since taking office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump has had something to say about controlling nuclear weapons. In comments to Fox News in March, for example, he referred to these weapons as “big monsters” and the world’s “greatest existential threat,” lamenting that the United States spends “all this money on something that, if it’s used, it’s probably the end of the world.” The president’s interest is fortuitous.
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1 week ago | 
foreignaffairs.com | Ray Takeyh |Elliott Abrams |Nikita Lalwani |Lynn Kuok
In October 2022, the United States imposed sweeping restrictions on the export of advanced chips and chip-making equipment.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Reuel Marc Gerecht |Ray Takeyh
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1 month ago | 
fdd.org | Reagan Easter |Reuel Marc Gerecht |Ray Takeyh
This February Iran’s revolution turned 46. Middle age usually brings a measure of wisdom, as men cast aside aspirations of youth and come to terms with hard truths. But Iran’s Islamists are forever young. Too attached to their ideological verities to accept history’s verdict, they press on with their mission to redeem. The Islamic Republic is at an impasse. Its leaders cannot change; the public already has. The mullahs promised much in 1979.
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1 month ago | 
nationalreview.com | Reuel Marc Gerecht |Ray Takeyh
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1 month ago | 
fdd.org | Mark Dubowitz |Ray Takeyh
Whether you’re a seasoned Iran watcher or just starting to explore the topic, understanding the Islamic Republic requires going back to the events that led to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. And to do that we need to revisit 1953, the year a coup overthrew Iran’s Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. If you think you already know this story, think again.
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Ray Takeyh
Ray Takeyh is Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Is there a serious prospect of U.S.-Iran talks about the militarization of Tehran’s nuclear program? More From Our Experts There is a possibility of resumed talks, partly due to a series of Iranian setbacks. Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel—which spurred regional conflicts—the Iranian regime has lost some of its most important regional allies.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Ray Takeyh
This brief was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations on Dec. 8, 2024. The Bashar al-Assad regime’s rapid collapse deals a heavy blow to Iran’s “axis of resistance” and its ability to project power in the region, and it raises fears Iran will focus more on developing its nuclear program. This is one of the most consequential setbacks for the Islamic Republic since the Iran-Iraq war (1980–1988). Syria offered Iran a pathway for influencing the Levant.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Michael Carroll |Reuel Marc Gerecht |Ray Takeyh |Eli Lake
Quotes of the Day: Rule of Law defined: "Rule of law is the most fundamental constraint on power; the rejection of arbitrary rule in favor of codified limits and procedures knowable in advance and applying equally to everyone." Civil Society defined: "Civil society is the central importance of freely formed institutions and social norms outside of state control, providing a crucial counterbalance to the concentration of power." "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to...
