Flynt Leverett, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, says he believes this is a real victory for Ahmadinejad. "I think he's won big," Leverett says. "It's going to be interesting to see if Mousavi really persists in his line about election ...
While some aspects of Iran's foreign policy may change depending on who wins the election, Flynt Leverett from the New America Foundation says Tehran's attitude to the US has long been set. “President Ahmadinejad has made it clear that he is open to ...
According to former National Security Council (NSC) staffers Flynt Leverett and Hilary Mann Leverett, Ross has stated privately that military force against Iran will likely be necessary, and that the primary reason to engage in diplomacy is to built ...
Former National Security Council official Flynt Leverett has also acknowledged Iran's help in stemming Afghan violence. "Washington's engagement with Tehran over Afghanistan provided significant and tangible benefits for the American position during ...
Flynt Leverett, director of the New America Foundation's Iran Project, says turnout will be crucial. "It would seem as even with a relatively high turnout - 60 percent - Ahmadinejad is in a strong position," said Flynt Leverett. ...
An exclusive national poll taken ahead of Iran’s presidential election is discussed by Ken Ballen, Azadeh Porzand, and Flynt Leverett. Steve Clemons moderated the discussion.
US foreign policy expert Flynt Leverett says Washington needs to do more to reassure Iran, because despite President Obama's calls for improved relations, Tehran believes the US is still pursuing the policy track of former President Bush. ...
"Expectations in the region have gotten pretty high and I think there is a very good chance that those expectations will be disappointed," said Flynt Leverett, a former US official who quit the Bush administration over differences on Middle East policy ...
Two prominent Middle East analysts, Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, former staffers at the National Security Council, question Ross' role in the Obama administration. In a New York Times opinion piece on May 24, 2009, they warn that President ...
President Obama's Iran policy has, in all likelihood, already
failed. On its present course, the White House's approach will not stop
Tehran's development of a nuclear fuel program - or, as Iran's
successful test of a medium-range, solid-fuel missile last week
underscored, military capacities of other sorts. It will also not
provide an alternative to continued antagonism between the United
States and Iran - a posture that for 30 years has proved increasingly
damaging to the interests of the United States and its allies in the
Middle East.
