Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge: Report of a Joint Study Group
| Date | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
| Time | 9:00-11:00 |
| Location | Stimson Center |
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The Stimson Center and the US Institute of Peace's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention cordially invite you to attend the launch of the joint study group report:
Engagement, Coercion, and Iran's Nuclear Challenge:
Report of a Joint Study Group
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
9:30-11:00 am
Light breakfast served at 9 am
The Stimson Center
1111 19th St NW, 12th Floor
Washington DC, 20036
P: 202-223-5956
Please join the report's primary authors, Daniel Brumberg and Barry Blechman, and contributing author Steve Heydemann, as they discuss the study group's findings. Amb. Richard Solomon, President of USIP, and Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of Stimson, will make opening remarks.
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About the report:
The US faces important decisions as it prepares for talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran on its nuclear activities. Despite signs that trade and financial sanctions are slowing Iran's nuclear program and squeezing its economy, sanctions alone will not alter Iran's calculations. After reviewing Iranian politics and foreign relations, the dynamics of energy in the Middle East, and US policy options, a distinguished group of 50+ scholars and policy analysts, holding a wide range of analytical views and political orientations, conclude that the US should rebalance its approach to Iran, leveraging the gains achieved from sanctions by indicating a willingness to engage Iran diplomatically on a wide range of issues. Although not constituting a tactical blueprint for the upcoming negotiations in Geneva, the study group's report is a broad prescription for rebalancing US policy in a way that could increase the odds of success in the talks.