January/February 2008
"The Costs of Containing Iran: Washington's Misguided New Middle East Policy"
Journal Article, Foreign Affairs
By Vali Nasr, Senior Fellow, Dubai Initiative and Ray Takeyh
The Bush administration wants to contain Iran by rallying the support of Sunni Arab states and now sees Iran's containment as the heart of its Middle East policy: a way to stabilize Iraq, declaw Hezbollah, and restart the Arab-Israeli peace process. But the strategy is unsound and impractical, and it will probably further destabilize an already volatile region.
December 6, 2007
"Get Tehran Inside of the Tent"
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By Vali Nasr, Senior Fellow, Dubai Initiative and Ray Takeyh
Dialogue, compromise and commerce, as difficult as they maybe, are a means of providing Tehran with incentives to commit itself to regional stability. Instead of militarizing the Gulf and forming up shaky alliances on Iran's periphery, Washington should move toward a local security system featuring all the regional actors.
