Countries all over the world are facing unprecedented challenges on fronts foreign and domestic. Picking up where Spring 2020’s “Trouble Here, Trouble There” left off, this course will examine four regimes at critical inflection points. February 9: Tony Payan on Mexico—Design or Dilemmas?;  February 23: Najib Ghadbian on Syria—Endgame or Escalation?; March 3 (details and tickets below): Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar on Iran—Negotiation or Confrontation?; March 10 (NEW DATE): Robert Moser on Russia—Design or Deception? Please click the dates to the right for details about the other sessions.

March 3: Iran—Negotiation or Confrontation?

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar will examine the dynamics of U.S.-Iranian relations and how the two countries went from a historic nuclear deal to the brink of war. Points of contention, among others, have included Iran’s nuclear program and expanding influence in the Middle East. He will discuss increasing tensions in the context of Iran’s upcoming 2021 presidential election, Tehran’s increasing ties with Moscow and Beijing, and their implications for the U.S. What are the possibilities for a new round of nuclear negotiations or confrontation between Washington and Tehran?

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar is a fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute and an associate professor in the department of international affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.

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