Escalating Pressures on Iran: What Will Do The Trick?

WHAT: Luncheon Discussion on escalating pressures on Iran

WHEN: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 2 p.m.

WHERE: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC

FEATURING:

    --  Samuel Gardiner, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and author, Dangerous and Getting
        More Dangerous: The Delicate Situation between the United States and
        Iran

    --  Hillary Mann Leverett, CEO, Stratega (Strategic Energy and Global
        Analysis, LLC) and former Director for Iran and Persian Gulf Affairs,
        National Security

    --  Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
        and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations

    --  Geneive Abdo, Fellow, The Century Foundation, former correspondent in
        Iran for the Guardian, and author of Answering Only to God: Faith and
        Freedom in Twentieth Century Iran

RSVP: Laurie Ahlrich at confplan@tcf.org or 212-452-7722

Reluctant in its waning months to launch a full-frontal assault onIran but convinced of its leaders' incorrigibility, the Bush administration has advanced, and its allies in Congress have proposed, a variety of escalating pressures against the Islamic republic. Among them, argues Col. Sam Gardiner in a new paper for The Century Foundation, are covert operations through proxy groups insideIran. How well matched are U.S. goals to the various means planned or in place? And how do these new pressures expand or limit the choices of new leaders taking office inWashington -- and perhapsTehran -- in winter and spring 2009?

COPIES OF THE PAPER WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE EVENT

The Century Foundation conducts public policy research and analyses of economic, social, and foreign policy issues, including inequality, retirement security, election reform, media studies, homeland security, and international affairs. The foundation produces books, reports, and other publications, convenes task forces and working groups, and operates seven informational Web sites (http://www.tcf.org). With offices inNew York City andWashington, D.C., The Century Foundation is nonprofit and nonpartisan and was founded in 1919 by Edward A. Filene.

SOURCE The Century Foundation

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