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2. Leslie Gelb on American Foreign Policy
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 06-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Leslie Gelb is currently President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was previously a correspondent and editor at the New York Times. In this extensive interview with Nermeen Shaikh at Asia Society, covering Iraq, Iran, the rise of China, and the new constraints on US power, Dr Gelb explains why he was initially in favor of a three-state partition of Iraq, and his advocacy now of a decentralized, federal state structure. He elaborates on his subsequent work with Senator Joe Biden on a plan for Iraq. In responding to a question about Russia, Dr Gelb says that the proposed US missile defense system is "nonsense", and on the issue of Iran's nuclear program, Dr Gelb insists that talks are essential and that the military option cannot be ruled out.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, China, Iraq, New York, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, and Latin America
3. Ambassador Sadegh Kharazi on US-Iran Relations and Iraq
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 06-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Ambassador Sadegh Kharazi has served twice as Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister. He was Iran's ambassador to the UN from 1989 to 1995, and to France from 2002 to 2005. Ambassador Kharazi has also worked as senior assistant to Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati, as well as to President Mohammad Khatami, who served from 1997-2005 as Iran's reformist leader (his successor is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad). In addition Ambassador Kharazi has served as chairman of the OIC Summit in Iran.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- United States, Iraq, Iran, and Middle East
4. Ariel Cohen on Iraq, Oil, and US Foreign Policy
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 06-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Ariel Cohen is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security at the Sarah and Douglas Allison Center of the Davis Institute for International Studies at the Heritage Foundation. He is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, and the Association for the Study of Nationalities. Dr Cohen spoke to Nermeen Shaikh on April 22nd in Almaty, Kazakhstan, at the Eurasian Media Forum. In the interview, Dr Cohen speaks about the war in Iraq, the privatization of oil and gas development, Eurasian regional politics, and the role of the US in the area.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- Russia, United States, Iraq, Central Asia, Eurasia, Middle East, Kazakhstan, and London
5. Exclusive AsiaSource Interview with Ambassador Javad Zarif, Iranian Permanent Representative to the UN
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 02-2007
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Ambassador Javad Zarif presented his credentials as the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 5 August 2002 to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Dr. Zarif is a career diplomat and has served in different senior positions in the Iranian Foreign Ministry and at various international organizations. His responsibility from 1992 until his appointment as Permanent Represetative was Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Politics, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- Iran and Middle East
6. AsiaSource Interview with Under Secretary Nicholas Burns
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 11-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns is the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the Department of State's third ranking official. Prior to his current assignment, Ambassador Burns was the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As Ambassador to NATO, he headed the combined State-Defense Department U.S. Mission to NATO at a time when the Alliance committed to new missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war against terrorism, and accepted seven new members.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan, United States, Iraq, Middle East, and Asia
7. Interview with Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 11-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Governor Tom Vilsack was elected Iowas 39th Governor in 1998, the first Democratic governor of the state in more than 30 years. He was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2002.
- Topic:
- International Relations and Energy Policy
- Political Geography:
- Iraq, Middle East, and Asia
8. AsiaSource Interview with Karim Sadjadpour on Iran's Nuclear Aspirations
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 03-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- In this interview, Karim Sadjadpour, the International Crisis Group's Iran analyst, discusses the possible outcome of the present impasse between the United States and Iran on the latter's nuclear aspirations. Mr Sadjadpour has written on Iranian society and politics, Iran's nuclear program, Iran-Iraq relations, and U.S.-Iran relations. He is a regular contributor to BBC World and National Public Radio, and has also published pieces in the Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, New Republic, and others. This interview was conducted the day after the Asia Society event "Understanding Iran's Nuclear Aspirations: Pragmatism or Brinkmanship?" on March 28, 2006.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Development, and Nuclear Weapons
- Political Geography:
- United States, Iran, and Middle East
9. Interview with Sam Brownback
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 05-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Sam Brownback was born in Kansas on September 12, 1956. He studied Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University, where he was elected student body president, and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Kansas. He was chosen as the youngest Secretary of Agriculture in Kansas state history in 1986. He also served for one year as a White House Fellow in the Office of the US Trade Representative. Brownback was elected to the US Congress in 1994, representing the Second District of Kansas. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1998 and was re-elected to a second six-year term in November 2004. Brownback is the chairman of the Helsinki Commission. He also chairs the Values Action Team, co-chairs the Senate Cancer Coalition, and is a member of both the Army and Air Force Caucuses. This interview was conducted following the Asia Society Luncheon program with Senator Sam Brownback on May 8, 2006. You have taken an active interest in the situation in Darfur, Sudan, North Korea and in the Middle East, to name only a few. Can you briefly outline what you think are the most pressing foreign policy issues confronting the United States at this time? It's probably the lead ones now: Iran. If you're just looking at straight foreign policy issues, I think, with Iran being the lead sponsor of terrorism around the world and with US foreign policy just being formulated at this point in time. It's tied in intimately with the global war on terrorism, which has been, for us to date, a sequential war. It's been Afghanistan, then Iraq and now you're seeing really the focus step up on Iran. That's probably, if you're looking at the most pressing issues, I think that's it for us today.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy and Terrorism
- Political Geography:
- United States, Iran, and Middle East
10. AsiaSource Interview with Christopher de Bellaigue
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 02-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Christopher de Bellaigue is the correspondent for the Economist in Tehran. He studied Persian and Indian Studies at Cambridge University and has spent the last decade living and working in the Middle East and South Asia. He writes for the New York Review of Books, Granta and the New Yorker.
- Topic:
- International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Political Geography:
- New York, Europe, South Asia, Middle East, and India