Publication

In this report the authors review developments in the Middle East between 2010-2012 and provide their personal views on how the US can persuade Iran to negotiate limitations on its nuclear program that can hold it reliably short of weapons capability. They review the status of Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, the effects of sanctions and other coercive measures, the status of internal politics in Iran and the US and, most importantly, the populist movements that are transforming governance and alliances in North Africa and the Middle East, with particular emphasis on the continuing struggle in Syria.