Dr Tabrizi talks about tensions between Iran and the United States of America, and gives context to Iranian foreign policy. From 19:30 onward.
You are here
Related
The GCC's anti-revolutionary expansion
Commentary, 19 May 2011With its thirtieth anniversary in May, the Gulf Co-operation Council is proposing to expand by incorporating Morocco and Jordan. The unlikely inclusion is more a response and a challenge to the revolutionary impulses of the Arab Spring than it is towards regional coherence.
Tags: Middle East and North Africa
Libya: three scenarios and settlement
Commentary, 19 May 2011Two months after intervention began, NATO's war in Libya has become an open-ended stalemate. A resolution requires compromises from each side rather than self-righteous declarations of total war. The balance of power does not permit a decisive victory for regime or rebels. A settlement must either reflect this fact, or give way to renewed fighting.
Tags: Middle East and North Africa
Popular Uprising in Syria: Beware of the Henchmen from Within
Commentary, 18 May 2011Even though it faces a range of protests, Syria is unlikely to face popular-led regime change. Instead, unremitting instability and a standoff between protestors and the regime are more likely to follow leading to a combination of piecemeal reforms and more violence. However, internal challenges to the regime should not be ruled out.
Tags: Middle East and North AfricaPages
Dire Straits for US Mid-East Policy: The Gulf Arab States and US-Iran Relations
Commentary, 9 January 2008The US President visits the Gulf amidst heightened tension between the United States and Iran. But the latest episode in the Straits of Hormuz only underlines the wariness towards both countries by Gulf Arab States.
Tags: Americas, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Sticks, Carrots and Diplomacy: Preventing Military Confrontation with Iran
Commentary, 31 October 2007An analysis of the means the US should employ in its policy towards Iran's nuclear ambitions. A combination of sticks, carrots and diplomacy might serve Washington's aims better than sanctions and rhetorical brinksmanship.
Tags: Americas, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
Insurgent Casualties in Iraq
Commentary, 11 October 2007The validity of the US forces' figures for insurgent caualties is difficult to judge beyond the certainty that they will not be accurate.
Tags: Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Fighting for the soul of Western militaries
New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration
Dependent Deterrent? US Support for the UK’s New Nuclear Warhead