US Foreign Policy
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The Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat: How Should the West Respond
This is the speech I gave on November 17, 2022 in Gainesville, University of Florida
University of Florida, November 17, 2022
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Biden, Berlin, and the Iranian Bomb
What will the new American administration and its European allies do to prevent Iran from getting the bomb?
TELOSscope, February 8, 2021
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The Nuclear Deal Crumbles
The European-German policy toward Iran has definitively failed with Tehran’s gradual exit out or the nuclear agreement. But this is still not recognized in Berlin
TELOSscope (www.telospress.com), May 24, 2019
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Strategic Delusions: Why Germany Coddles Iran
Berlin’s split with Washington on Iran long predates Trump – and it speaks to a dangerous naivety in German strategic thinking.
The American Interest, May 15, 2019
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Tehran’s War against Israel in a changing Middle East
The decades-old taboo against Israelis meeting with Arab leaders had been broken. More and more Arab countries are willing to accept Israel as an ally in the defense against Iran
Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A., March 26, 2019
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After Trump’s Iran Decision: Is the West Going to Split?
In the Conflict Over the Nuclear Deal, Germany and the EU Take Iran’s Side Against Washington
TELOSscope, May 16, 2018
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Trump’s Iran ultimatum has startled the European Union
The White House is blackmailing the Europeans to stop them from allowing themselves to be blackmailed by Iran
Hamburg, January 31, 2018
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Global Jihad, Islamic Radicalism, and the Challenge to Europe
Keynote speech, delivered at the seminar “Global Jihad, Islamic Radicalism, the the Challenge to Europe”, organized by the Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) and the Institute for Security & Development Policy on May 25, 2016, at Timbro, Stockholm
Hamburg, 18. März 2017
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They want to turn Paris into a second Tehran
After the 11/13 attack – what next?
Berlin, November 21, 2015
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Q & A: Küntzel on roots and develoment of the Iranian regime’s antisemitism
By Karmel Melamed
The JEWISH JOURNAL’S HOMEPAGE, Los Angeles, August 26, 2015
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Obama’s New Iran Policy: Is America Drifting toward Appeasement?
The Israel Journal Of Foreign Affairs, Vol. VIII, No. 2 (2014), pp. 25–36.
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Obama, the Senate and the psychology of appeasement
Counsels of prudence and restraint may become the prime agents of mortal danger. A view from Europe
Hamburg, January 19, 2014
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Surrender in Geneva
The five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany nullify the United Nations sanctions regarding Iran
Telospress, November 25, 2013
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“Moderate” Holocaust Denial in Iran?
A statement on Holocaust Denial in Iran, presented on September 20th, 2013 at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH), September 20, 2013
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Startling Revelations From an Iranian Smuggling Case in Hamburg
the ALGEMEINER, September 17, 2013
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America’s Shifting “Red Lines” on Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions: A Wedge Issue in US–Israeli Relations
Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs VII : 1 (2013) pp 37–44.
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Joie de vivre and love of death – From the Arab Spring to the Gaza War
Statement to the rally “Hamburg for Israel. Stop Hamas terror!”
Hamburg, November 26, 2012
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Sanctions against Tehran – WHY IS THE EUROPEAN UNION HESITATING?
Rèalitè EU, December 21, 2011
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The West’s Policies Towards Iran: What Went Wrong?
A review of Dore Gold’s book “The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West”, Regnery, 2009, 256 pp.
Jewish Political Studies Review, Fall 2010
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BERLIN, THE AYATOLLAHS, AND THE BOMB
The Journal of International Security Affairs, No. 18, Spring 2010
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Obama’s Search for Peace in Our Time
The West goes wobbly on Iran
The Weekly Standard, Vol. 15, Issue 12, November 29, 2009
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Iran Has No Right to Nuclear Technology
Accepting Iran’s “right” to nuclear power is a recipe for disaster
Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2009
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Defining Jew-Hatred Down
The curious response to Ahmadinejad at the U.N.
The Weekly Standard, November 17, 2008
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Antisemitism, Messianism and the Cult of Sacrifice: The Iranian Holy War
This paper was presented at Columbia University, New York City, March 6, 2008 under the auspices of Columbia’s chapter of “Scholars of Peace in the Middle East” (SPME)
Columbia University New York, March 6, 2008
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Back to business as usual with Iran
The NIE report took the wind out of the sanctions campaign in Germany
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2008
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The Fantasy World of the Iran NIE
World Politics Review, December 18, 2007
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Europe must decide
European governments have to put massive pressure on Iran and confront it with the alternative of either changing course or suffering devastating economic blows
Brussels, March 7, 2007
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From Khomeini to Ahmadinejad
Mark Bowden’s account of the occupation of the American Embassy in Tehran mirrors the dilemmas of America’s current Iran policy
POLICY REVIEW No. 140, December 2006
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A Dubious Achievement: Joschka Fischer, the Road Map, and the Gaza Pullout
Transatlantic Intelligencer, Fall 2005
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Brilliant Achievement
Joschka Fischer, Yasser Arafat and the Road Map Peace Plan
December 2003