Robert Naiman
Robert Naiman is Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy. Naiman has worked as a policy analyst and researcher at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. He has masters degrees in economics and mathematics from the University of Illinois and has studied and worked in the Middle East. You can contact him here.
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Views Sunday, June 28, 2015 #FreedomFlotilla III Exposes Anti-Democratic Extremism of the Israeli "Center" Supporters of continuing the Israeli occupation of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem would like global public opinion to believe that the occupation can be maintained and yet Israel can be considered a democracy. A central challenge of occupation opponents is to expose and exacerbate the... Read more |
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Views Friday, May 15, 2015 Thirteen Things I Learned in Iran Istanbul, Turkey - I just experienced the blessing of visiting Iran for the first time. Here are some things I learned. 1. If you are visiting someone's office and you appear very sleepy, you may be asked if you want to take a nap. If you say yes, a comfortable place to take a nap may be... Read more |
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Views Sunday, May 10, 2015 Is Saudi Arabia Now the Israel of the Gulf? I came to Iran this week to participate in a peace boat sailing from Iran to protest the Saudi bombing and blockade of Yemen. Unfortunately, I had to withdraw from the boat trip for logistical reasons; my frequent collaborator Tighe Barry of CodePink still plans to be on the boat , which as of this... Read more |
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Views Sunday, April 19, 2015 Will House Democrats #StandWithJan to Back the Iran Talks? House Democrats will play a key role in whether the Obama Administration can get a deal with Iran. Under the Corker-Cardin deal on the Corker Congressional review legislation, if a third of the House or a third of the Senate were willing to sustain a Presidential veto of Congressional legislation... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 16, 2015 What Did Democrats Win in the Cardin Compromise on the Corker Bill? I knew a lawyer who was a Philosophy major as an undergrad. At a party many years ago - maybe we had consumed a few sips of beer - I asked him, what does studying Philosophy have to do with being a lawyer? Oh, he said, it's very relevant. In Philosophy, you study "ontology" - when is a thing a... Read more |
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Views Monday, April 13, 2015 Hillary's Better on Iran Diplomacy Than Key Senate Democrats - and Rand Paul Do you remember when Rand Paul was threatening to run for President to Hillary Clinton's left on war and peace? It seems like ancient history now, doesn't it? When the Administration announced the framework deal on Iran's nuclear program, Hillary backed it right away . It was "3 AM," as it were,... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 08, 2015 Democrats Blast Schumer Threat to Kill Iran Deal Democratic constituency groups opposed to war with Iran are furious that New York Democrat and Senate Minority Leader "heir apparent" Chuck Schumer is threatening to scuttle the possibility of a diplomatic agreement with Iran by supporting legislation - the Corker bill - that would allow... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 30, 2015 Rumor Control: Contra NYT, Iran Didn't Renege on Shipping Uranium US, European, and Iranian negotiators are working against a self-imposed Tuesday deadline to secure a "framework agreement" which will outline the parameters of a comprehensive agreement to be achieved by June on international limitation and supervision of Iran's nuclear program and the lifting of... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Will Democrats Back Obama's UN Push for Two States in Israel-Palestine? The Obama Administration has broadcast that since Benjamin Netanyahu announced that there will never be a Palestinian state so long as Netanyahu remains Prime Minister of Israel, the US may end its policy of blocking consideration of the Israel-Palestine conflict at the United Nations Security... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 16, 2015 Opposing Two States, Netanyahu Unmasks GOP-Likud Agenda of Fake Diplomacy Congressional Republicans who are trying to blow up U.S.-European diplomacy with Iran would desperately like Americans to believe that they have some alternative besides war to the Administration's multilateral efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Iran. If any fair-minded man or woman who... Read more |