Ray Takeyh
Ray Takeyh
Ray Takeyh, DPhil is an Iranian-American Middle East scholar, former United States Department of State official, and a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations...
cave europeans
I think the Europeans will cave but it will be a slow-motion cave.
claims defy export gas hostage libya oil time
Libya ... claims to defy international norm, yet at the same time it is hostage to international markets. Libya has nothing more than gas and oil and these are export products,
present
They want to be able to present this as a fait accompli .
iranians possible security willing
I think the Iranians are willing to live with ... a possible referral to the Security Council.
address approach concern east middle nuclear
A comprehensive security-assurances approach should address the concern in the Middle East about Israel's nuclear weapons.
good living options seem
At this point, your options seem to be not good and scarce. Your other option is living with it ... and I think that's what will happen.
dark guys islamic relatively
The new guys are from a relatively dark place in the Islamic republic.
capability casualties certainly push
I certainly think they have the capability to push up American casualties without necessarily getting caught.