Tag U.S.-Iran relations

October 19, 2017
in Current Affairs, Political Science, Yale Press Podcast

Ep. 40 – The Art of the Iran Deal

October 19, 2017
in Current Affairs, Political Science, Yale Press Podcast

Trita Parsi explains the Iran Deal: its strengths, weaknesses, and the ramifications of ending it

January 25, 2012
in Current Affairs, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Yale Press Podcast

Yale Press Podcast Episode 28: Trita Parsi on Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran

January 25, 2012
in Current Affairs, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Yale Press Podcast

When President Obama took office in 2009, one of his most notable proclamations was his commitment to a more open foreign policy. During the 2008 presidential debates, then-Senator Obama openly declared the importance that the United States “talk to the Syrians and the Iranians”, remarking that those who think otherwise

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The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: A Reading List

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The History of Economic Sanctions as a Tool of War

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Black Artists in America: From the the Great Depression to Civil Rights

Earnestine Jenkins– My new book, Black Artists in America: from the Great Depression to…