TY - BOOK AU - Monshipouri,Mahmood ED - Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. TI - US-Iran relations : embracing a new realism T2 - Emirates lecture series SN - 9789948140634 (pbk.) SN - 1628-1238 AV - E183.8.I55 M64 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Abu Dhabi PB - Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research KW - Obama, Barack KW - Political and social views KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Iran KW - Politics and government KW - 1997- N1 - "This publication is based on a lecture presented on January 7, 2009"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-50) N2 - "This paper's main thrust is to make a case for direct diplomacy with Iran, while explaining factors that have contributed to the end of "coercive diplomacy" advocated by the Bush administration. The premise underlining this paper is that there has never been a stronger case for the normalization of relations between Iran and the United States in a region fraught with difficulties and crises. Irans stabilizing influencing in the region inevitably has enhanced its role in shaping the regions geopolitics. Irans influence in Afghanistan can no longer be marginalized, nor can its role be underestimated in the southern parts of Iraq and Lebanon, as well as its ties with Hamas and Syria." Publisher's Website ER -