Trita Parsi
executive vice president of the Quincy Institute
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute and the author of “Losing an Enemy — Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.”
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How the E.U. blacklisting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard could undermine protesters
The policy could also torpedo the vital Iran nuclear deal.
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While MBS undermines America, Joe Biden has his back on Yemen
Biden lobbied against a resolution that would’ve ended U.S.’s complicity in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.
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Biden is right to pivot toward diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine war
Turns out widely criticized congressional progressives were helping Biden, not hurting him.
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Saudi Arabia’s ‘hostile act’ proves Biden critics right — and his advisers very wrong
Further proof Biden should have stuck to his instincts and declined to visit Saudi Arabia earlier this year.
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Why you can’t understand Iran in 2022 without understanding 1978
Protests in Iran continue, but no clear leader of the movement has emerged.
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India’s rebuke of Putin should reduce Washington’s fears of a multipolar world
The U.S. should not treat the Global South’s welcoming of multipolarity as anti-Americanism.
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Weeks after Biden’s fist-bump, Saudi Arabia continues to taunt America
Biden not only failed to bring oil prices down — he also committed to a misguided security strategy.
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Biden already has two foreign crises on his hands. It’s not too late for him to avoid a third.
The last thing America needs right now is a three-front foreign crisis. Yet here we are.
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In the Middle East, Biden walks in Trump’s footsteps and will repeat his failure
Committing American lives to defend dictatorships is far more scandalous than engaging with MBS.
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Has Biden lost the plot on Iran?
Biden can’t pursue Trump era Iran policy — and blame Trump for it.