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Our imaginary foe.(Looking East)
IRAN'S THEOCRATIC leaders are not an attractive group of men. Their behavior and their public statements provide much ammunition for those who are convinced their regime should be toppled. Iran is a dangerous country.
But Iran does not pose an existential threat to the United States analogous to imperial Japan, Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union. It is not a rising superpower that threatens to dominate the globe--a regional troublemaker, yes. But "confronting Iran" should not become the guiding focus of U.S. foreign policy.
Rhetoric about Iran's malign propensities has received much attention. A worst-case analysis, most vigorously argued by Norman ...
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- Magazine article from: Middle Eastern Studies Light, Margot April 1, 1995 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) January 30, 1993 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post June 6, 1989 700+ words
...meeting, the death of Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah...events in China and the Soviet Union. On the New York Mercantile...The death of Khomeini, Iran's leader for the past...pushing prices upward. Iran exports more than two...natural gas pipeline in the Soviet Union-were seen as ...
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- Soviet Union Praises Initiative by Iran
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post July 20, 1988 700+ words
The Soviet Union today praised Iran's decision to agree to a cease-fire and compared...of Resolution 598, which demands a cease-fire of Iran and Iraq. "It is gratifying that Iran has taken this major step paving the way toward its...
- The new Iran bows toward Moscow. (Hashemi Rafsanjani's visit to Soviet Union)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report July 3, 1989 700+ words
...the improving relations between Iran and the Soviet Union. Others are the economic pacts...Teheran are in the works. Soviet-Iran ties began to mend when the Soviets...the prospect of Soviet access to Iran's warm-water ports-a trade...