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		<title>How to Prevent War with Iran</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/29/how-to-prevent-war-with-iran/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[With signs that the diplomatic channel to Iran might work, the U.S. and Israel must avoid precipitating a disaster. Is now the time to send a former president to talk?]]></description>
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		<title>Iran’s Asymmetric Threat</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/24/iran%e2%80%99s-asymmetric-threat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran’s navy may not be a match for the U.S. on the high seas, but the Strait of Hormuz offers plenty of ways for it to make life tricky. ]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: Between U.S. and a Hard Place</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/21/iran-between-u-s-and-a-hard-place/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/21/iran-between-u-s-and-a-hard-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Meir Javedanfar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran’s supreme leader has built much of his legitimacy around demonizing the United States. So what could he really offer in talks with the U.S.?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Taliban Serious About Talks?</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/11/is-the-taliban-serious-about-talks/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/11/is-the-taliban-serious-about-talks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Richard Weitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to establish a Taliban political liaison office in Qatar suggest peace talks may finally make progress. But are the Taliban really ready to stop fighting?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Five Reasons Not to Attack Iran</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/09/five-reasons-not-to-attack-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/09/five-reasons-not-to-attack-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>diplomat_admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran would likely be a far more formidable adversary than any the United States has faced in decades. The U.S. should be very wary about launching military strikes.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan’s Roller Coaster 2012</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/08/pakistan%e2%80%99s-roller-coaster-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/08/pakistan%e2%80%99s-roller-coaster-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>diplomat_admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year was an unsettling year for Pakistanis. With political upheaval and security threats looming, 2012 will likely bring more of the same.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will Iran Lash Out at Weak Israel?</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/07/will-iran-lash-out-at-weak-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/07/will-iran-lash-out-at-weak-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Meir Javedanfar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cornered Iranian supreme leader might be tempted to boost his domestic standing by lashing out at Israel. Israel is ill-equipped to respond.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iran’s Empty Threats</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/03/iran%e2%80%99s-empty-threats/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/03/iran%e2%80%99s-empty-threats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Richard Weitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran’s military could probably make life uncomfortable for the U.S. in the Strait of Hormuz. But the downsides far outweigh the advantages of trying.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mullah Omar: Last Man Standing</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/03/mullah-omar-last-man-standing/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2012/01/03/mullah-omar-last-man-standing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Luke Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden is dead, but his close ally and Taliban chief Mullah Omar still complicates the future of Afghanistan.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iran’s Imperfect Trap for Obama</title>
		<link>http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/30/iran%e2%80%99s-imperfect-trap-for-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://the-diplomat.com/2011/12/30/iran%e2%80%99s-imperfect-trap-for-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator>Meir Javedanfar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz could come back to haunt Iran’s leaders. Still, Obama will be wary of becoming the second president to come unstuck over Iran.]]></description>
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