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Seminar

Ahmadinejad's Second Term Foreign Policy

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What are the Ahmadinejad government's foreign policy aims and strategies and how will post-election developments impact Iran-U.S. relations? Given the cost that Iran has incurred as a result of pursuing its nuclear program in the face of U.S. and European opposition, Iran's president will be under pressure to obtain tangible results which shore up Iran's regional role and geo-strategic interests.

Please join us! Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

President Barack Obama, accompanied by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, makes a statement on Iran's nuclear facility, Sep. 25, 2009, during the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.

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What are the Ahmadinejad government's foreign policy aims and strategies and how will post-election developments impact Iran-U.S. relations? During his first term, Ahmadinejad employed an active foreign policy in attempting to deal with new security challenges, and in his second term, we can foresee that he will continue to pursue such an active foreign policy line. There is, however, a key difference. Given the cost that Iran has incurred as a result of pursuing its nuclear program in the face of U.S. and European opposition, Iran's president will be under pressure to obtain tangible results which shore up Iran's regional role and geo-strategic interests.

Please join us! Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.