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Fatal Attraction: Prospects for a U.S. Engagement Strategy with Iran

(Foreign Policy) Aaron David Miller - As long as Iran's mullahcracy and security establishment continue to see Iran as a revolutionary Islamic power at home and abroad, the chances of an engagement strategy transforming the U.S.-Iran relationship look pretty bleak. Indeed, perhaps the greatest danger is that a deal really won't diminish Tehran's determination to remain a screwdriver's turn away from a nuclear weapon. And if the administration is too eager for an agreement, it will find itself with the worst of all possible worlds - with an emboldened Iran freed from sanctions and international pressure, untransformed, unrepentant, and in a stronger, not weaker, position to challenge U.S. interests in a turbulent Middle East. The writer is vice president for new initiatives at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
2015-01-22 00:00:00
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