http://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:37:22 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Iranians who took to the streets this summer to protest electoral fraud failed to win a new election. But they nevertheless returned concerns about the Islamic republic’s human rights record to the international stage. http://www.rferl.org/content/Continuing_the_Critical_Dialogue_With_Iran/1845971.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Continuing_the_Critical_Dialogue_With_Iran/1845971.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:45:00 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Continuing_the_Critical_Dialogue_With_Iran/1845971.html#relatedInfoContainer Diplomacy should always be a strategy of first resort. But Obama should realize that diplomacy with dictatorships is not the same as diplomacy among democratic nations. http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Shouldnt_Sacrifice_Allies_To_Please_Russia_/1503902.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Shouldnt_Sacrifice_Allies_To_Please_Russia_/1503902.html Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:23:54 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Obama_Shouldnt_Sacrifice_Allies_To_Please_Russia_/1503902.html#relatedInfoContainer As the crisis in Gaza enters its second week, international diplomats are seeking a cease-fire. It won't work. Knee-jerk diplomacy -- demanding a truce regardless of the cause of the fighting -- does more to accelerate conflict than to resolve it. http://www.rferl.org/content/Diplomacy_Cannot_Quell_Gaza_Violence_/1366502.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Diplomacy_Cannot_Quell_Gaza_Violence_/1366502.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:28:21 +0000 Commentary Despite the demonization of George W. Bush, the current president has been more open to diplomacy with the Islamic republic than any president since Carter. But it takes two to tango. http://www.rferl.org/content/commentary_Tehran_Obstacle_US_Talks/1352771.html http://www.rferl.org/content/commentary_Tehran_Obstacle_US_Talks/1352771.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:06:38 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/commentary_Tehran_Obstacle_US_Talks/1352771.html#relatedInfoContainer