Iran Watch RoundTables

Iran Watch RoundTables

Roundtables: A summary of discussions with experts on Iran’s weapon progress and on the world’s efforts to arrest it.
   
Interview Series: Q & A on the strategic situation in Iran with leading policy-makers and private analysts. 

 

     Roundtables

Date Document
06-8-10

Iran Sanctions: What would work?

  • Could "crippling" sanctions against Iran be devised?
  • If so, how likely are they to be achieved and applied?
  • If not, which combination of lesser sanctions could force Iran to reconsider its nuclear program?
  • How many countries would have to support these sanctions in order for them to have an effect?
  • How quickly would sanctions need to be implemented?

Panelists: Ross Allen, Gary Hufbauer, Kenneth Katzman, Orde Kittrie, Alireza Nader, Nicolas Roche

06-04-09

Congressional Action on Iran: What Next?

  • What sanctions measures are under consideration by the 111th Congress?
  • How likely are they to be pursued if opposed by the Obama administration?
  • How long will the honeymoon period between the Democratic majority in Congress and the Obama administration last?

Panelists: Skip Fischer, Will Huntington, Don MacDonald, Tim Morrison

02-06-08

An assessment of Europe's leadership in confronting the Iranian nuclear challenge

  • What can we learn from Europe’s role in confronting the nuclear challenge posed by Iran?
  • What did the Europeans achieve? 
  • Where are the negotiations going now? 
  • What are the implications for future leadership on nonproliferation? 

Panelists: Philip Gordon, Hans-Peter Hinrichson, Danielle Pletka, Simon Shercliff, Terence Taylor

09-19-06

An assessment of U.S. efforts to sanction Iran

  • What are the U.S. laws for sanctioning Iran and its suppliers? Could they be improved?
  • How have these laws been applied in the past? How should they be applied?
  • What is the U.S. objective in seeking to sanction Iran and how should it be pursued?

Panelists: John Barker, William Lowell, Sharon Squassoni

11-30-05

The impact of U.S.-India nuclear and missile cooperation on Iran

  • Could U.S. cooperation with India undermine efforts to restrain Iran’s nuclear program through diplomacy?
  • Could it influence the way Iran perceives the West’s commitment to enforcing nonproliferation rules?
  • Will U.S. efforts to exempt India from international export controls weaken those controls?
  • If so, will Iran have an easier time procuring what it needs to make mass destruction weapons?

Panelists:  John Larrabee, William Lowell, Richard Speier, Sharon Squassoni, Leonard Weiss

04-13-05

Living with a nuclear-armed Iran

  • How would the United States and other countries react to a nuclear-armed Iran?
  • How would the international effort to halt nuclear proliferation be affected by an Iranian withdrawal from the NPT?

Panelists:  William Chadwell, Marvin Feuer, John Sigler, Judith Yaphe

11-19-04

How to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran

  • Is there a diplomatic deal that could convince Iran to give up its nuclear weapon ambitions?
  • What kind of deal, if any, could be adequately verified?
  • How useful would international sanctions or the use of force be in rolling back Iran's program, and does the political will exist for such measures?
Panelists:  Rolf Ekeus, Stanley K. Fraley, John Sigler, Terence Taylor, Marcus Winsley
04-14-04

The Iraq War: Its impact on nonproliferation
(From the Iraq Watch roundtable series)

  • How has the Iraq war impacted the world's efforts to stop the spread of mass destruction weapons?
  • What has been the impact of the war on the weapon intentions of North Korea, Iran and Libya and on the Bush administration's ability to deal with them?
  • Timeline setting out key events in Iran that occurred during the period just before and just after the Iraq war.
Panelists: W. Seth Carus, Nicholas Eberstadt, Robert J. Einhorn, and Michael Eisenstadt

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     Interviews

Date Document
09-17-09 Q & A with Uzi Rubin, the former head of Israel's "Arrow" missile defense program
01-18-07 Q & A with William H. Tobey, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
11-07-06 Q & A with John C. Rood, Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
10-03-06 Q & A with Skip Fischer, a professional staff member on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
03-14-06 Q & A with Uzi Rubin, the former head of Israel's "Arrow" missile defense program

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