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Backing Down From Our Own Demands: President Obama’s Acceptance of Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program

Alan Osborn ’15  Early Sunday, November 24th, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and leaders  from France, Britain, Germany, China, and Russia reached a deal with The Islamic Republic of Iran on its nuclear energy program. According to the White House it stipulates that Iran will commit to halting the enrichment of uranium above the […]

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Argo: A Reminder of Unfinished History

The recent media hype over the Oscar-winning film, Argo, has called Iranian-US relations back to mainstream discussions of US foreign policy. The film depicts the real life events of the takeover of the US Embassy in Iran in 1979 and the six Americans who sought refuge with the Canadian Ambassador. My interest in seeing the […]

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Election Year Issues: Iran, Jobs, and Delegate Counts

Kal Decato ‘12 The Israel-Iran dilemma: Obama’s primary objective. On Thursday, March 8, in an Investor’s Business Daily blog, Charles Krauthammer opined on President Obama’s handling of the Israel-Iran situation. The message being projected by the U.S. President is one of strong resolve for preventing Iran from going nuclear. He has stated this several times […]

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It’s All About Elections

Brett Stewart ’14 The news this week focused primarily on elections, both in the US and abroad. Naturally, one topic of interest is the “Super Tuesday” primaries, where GOP nominees battled, once again, to be their party’s flag-bearer for the Republican Convention. One could surmise that Mitt Romney won the day, but Rick Santorum, a […]

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