Iran, the U.S. and the Middle East at a Turning Point
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🗓️ 16 February 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The Biden administration has promised significant changes to the U.S. relationship with Iran that could have a marked impact on the Middle East. What is the likelihood that this new administration will be successful? And how will other regional developments—from the Abraham Accords between Israel and a few Arab states, to the healing of the rift within the Gulf Cooperation Council, to the ongoing morass in Syria—affect the dynamics here?
To address these questions, David Priess hosted a panel discussion on February 11 for the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy and International Security at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government. He sat down with Norman Roule, a 34-year veteran of the CIA, who served as the national intelligence manager for Iran for more than eight years; Kirsten Fontenrose, formerly the senior director for the Persian Gulf on the National Security Council staff and currently the director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council; and Ambassador Dennis Ross, who has served in U.S. government positions pertaining to the Middle East for some 40 years, and who is now a distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.0 | First option. |
| 0:35.3 | The US agrees to bend first. |
| 0:37.1 | We agree to roll back nuclear related sanctions, nuclear related only sanctions instituted |
| 0:42.1 | in the past four years and to enter into a renewed JCPOA that deals solely with the nuclear |
| 0:48.0 | issue. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm David Pries and this is the LawFair podcast February 16th 2021. |
| 0:55.9 | The Biden administration has promised significant changes to the US relationship with Iran that |
| 1:01.3 | could have a market impact on the Middle East. |
| 1:04.6 | What is the likelihood this new administration will be successful and how will other regional |
| 1:09.6 | developments from the Abraham Accords between Israel and a few Arab states to the healing |
| 1:15.3 | of the rift within the Gulf Cooperation Council to the ongoing morass in Syria affect the |
| 1:21.7 | dynamics here. |
| 1:23.6 | To address it all, last week I virtually hosted for the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, |
| 1:29.9 | Policy and International Security at George Mason University's Char School of Policy |
| 1:35.1 | and Government, a panel featuring first Norm Rule, a 34 year veteran of the CIA who served |
| 1:43.3 | as National Intelligence Manager for Iran for more than eight years, second, Kirsten |
| 1:49.0 | Fountainrose, formerly senior director for the Persian Gulf on the National Security |
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