Posted by Kyle Spector in Middle East, National Security, Publications
on Feb 18th, 2010
There’s no denying it: Iran-related security challenges are extremely complex, and any progress will require time, patience, and determination. Anyone who argues that there is a quick fix to long-simmering disagreements with Iran is at best uninformed and at worst willfully foolish. The Obama administration seems to understand these fundamental facts and has continued with its dual-track policy of engagement and pressure even in the face of critics who portray engagement as weak or naïve.
In a memo I co-authored for Third Way, we argue that engagement has shown concrete results and continues to...