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Writer: Emily B. Landau

November 1, 2012
1:50 pm

Iranian technicians work at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in 2010 (photo credit: AP/IIPA, Ebrahim Norouzi)

A possible shift to US-Iranian talks — what’s on the table?

If bilateral negotiations are indeed underway, Washington should be clear: military force is a real option

By Emily B. Landau and Ephraim Asculai

September 14, 2012
4:15 pm

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, in July (photo credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL/FLASH90)

Set red lines, not deadlines, in facing Iran

The US must put the onus on Tehran, and reestablish the credible military threat that’s been eroded by bickering with Israel

By Emily B. Landau

August 24, 2012
3:52 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, speaks during a parade commemorating National Army Day in April (photo credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)

Diplomacy is not ‘the best tool for Iran’

In advocating a renewed bilateral track, veteran US diplomat Nicholas Burns displays troubling naivete — and a flawed grasp of the nuclear standoff with Tehran

By Ephraim Asculai and Emily B. Landau

March 7, 2012
3:14 pm

Not Israel’s role, not Israel’s responsibility

By warning of the dire consequences of an Israeli attack on Iran, the US and Europe are casting Israel as the problem — instead of assuming responsibility in handling a danger that is as much a threat to the West as it is to the Jewish state

By Emily B. Landau