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<title><![CDATA[Ray Takeyh - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15421.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ray Takeyh]]></description><category domain="15421">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A Second Iranian Revolution?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.commentary.org/articles/ray-takeyh/second-iranian-revolution/?nopaywall</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The strange echoes of the 1970s over the past 18 months'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'with runaway inflation, an energy crisis, and an expansionist Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'were startling enough.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Bomb Will Backfire on Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iran/2021-10-18/bomb-will-backfire-iran</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tehran Will Go Nuclear'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and Regret It]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Parting Gift to Biden: A More Stable Middle East]]></title>
							<link>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/16/trump-biden-iran-israel-uae-middle-east/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He was successful because only an iconoclastic president could have rejected false assumptions and failed strategies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Deals a Major Blow to Already Weakened Iranian Regime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/03/iran-loses-its-imperial-strategist-093175</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. dealt a major blow in taking out Iran's imperial strategist. But the mullahs' next move likely won't be a dramatic escalation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Provoked Trump Because They're Desperate for Talks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/22/trump-iran-policy-227207</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iran wants to come back to the negotiating table'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but first the regime needs a narrative of success.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A First, Indispensable Step on the Iran Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-sensible-move-on-iran/article/2637468</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The de-certification of the agreement constitutes the first and indispensable step in a long path of renegotiating it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Channeling Eisenhower on Middle East Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-trump-is-channeling-eisenhower-on-middle-eastern-foreign-policy/article/2624218</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has wisely backed away from former President Barack Obama's efforts to engage Iran, firmly siding with U.S. allies in the re...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can Avoid His Predecessors' Iran Mistakes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/trump-avoid-mistakes-iran-214502</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When he assumes office in January, Donald Trump will inherit a host of foreign policy problems in the Middle East'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'from civil wars to terrorist insurgencies. But of all the antagonists in the region that he will have to deal with, Iran, an unpredictable foe with its flag planted in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Kinder, Gentler Iran?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-takeyh-iran-rouhani-actions-20130920,0,1737292.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Iran Thinks It Needs the Bomb]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-iran-thinks-it-needs-the-bomb/2012/02/16/gIQAauVHKR_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bombastic claims of nuclear achievement, threats to close critical international waterways, alleged terrorist plots and hints of diplomatic outreach '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' all are emanating from Tehran right now. This past week, confrontation between Iran and the West reached new heights as Israel accused...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Nuclear Aggression]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-west-should-answer-irans-nuclear-aggression/2012/01/13/gIQAZS89wP_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The perennial conflict between Iran and the West has entered a dangerous new phase, with tensions rising in the Persian Gulf since Iran has threatened retaliation for last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s assassination of a chemical engineer linked to the Islamic Republic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nuclear program. What...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Break the Iran-Mideast Peace Link]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ray Takeyh</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the recent U.S.-Israeli tumult, a curious conventional  wisdom is starting to evolve. A Washington that cajoles Israel on its settlements and resumes the peace process in earnest may finally garner  Arab support for dealing with Iran's nuclear menace. Although pressuring ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shaping a Nuclear Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603434.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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