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Reprinted from the CPD Blog by Rob Asghar (Apr 22, 2013)

Reprinted from the CPD Blog by R.S. Zaharna (Aug 6, 2015)

August 9, 2015

Iran's approach to foreign policy changed dramatically after Hassan Rouhani was elected President of Iran in 2013. The most serious and comprehensive negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear program started in 2013 between Iran and six world powers including the United States. An interim agreement was reached on November 24, 2013. A framework agreement was reached on April 2, 2015. And finally, the comprehensive deal was reached on July 14, 2015 to ensure that Iran’s potential pathway to developing a nuclear weapon is blocked.

The Israeli campaign could be seen as classic public diplomacy – a government reaching out directly to a foreign public – or it could be seen as inappropriate interference that could produce an anti-Israel backlash. This is a line public diplomats should be wary about crossing. Even in the world of hardboiled foreign affairs, subtlety and restraint have value.

Exchange students receive a different visa, called a J-1. They are part of the “public diplomacy” initiatives of the US Department of State. Neither host families nor schools are paid. Voluntarily hosted exchange students do not pay for food, lodging and education, but are welcomed as guest members of a family, community and country. They do pay travel, insurance, personal and program costs

Philip Seib on Israeli intervention in America's highly partisan politics.

The outstanding question is: How should the United States become involved in the internal affairs of other countries? If there is a clear lesson from the two Gulf wars, it’s that we should stay out of the business of invasion and occupation. 

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