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Parsi, Trita - Founder and President
GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL IRANIAN COUNCIL'S CONFERENCE TITLE IRAN 2013, MAKING DIPLOMACY WORK. I'M THE...
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| 00:03:43 |
Kimball, Daryl - Executive Director
THE PANEL DISCUSSION WE'LL HEAR FROM FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER WHOSE LUCID ANALYSIS NEVER FAILS TO IMPRISZ OR ENLIGHTEN. BEFORE I HAND IT OVER...
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| 00:09:11 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM REPORTER AND OUR AUDIENCE ON THE THREE BY FIVE CARDS IN YOUR FOLDER SO AS QUESTIONS OCCUR TO YOU, YOU MIGHT JOT THOSE...
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| 00:15:27 |
Kimball, Daryl - Executive Director
ESTABLISHMENT. I WILL TALK LATER ABOUT HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE EXAMPLES. THIS WOULD PREVENT THE BREAKOUT PROGRAM AS EVIDENCE WOULD GIVE...
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Sadri, Ahmad - Professor
COMMUNITY. OF COURSE WITH THE BREAK OUT. I WILL COME BACK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AMBASSADOR -- PROFESSOR -- >> YOU HAVE BEEN PROMOTED. >> I ACCEPT....
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| 00:23:28 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
THAT WOULD BE A CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURE. IT WOULD OPERATE ON A MUCH LARGER LEVEL. IT WILL HAVE RESOLVE. >> THANK YOU. JIM WALSH, YOUR PERSPECTIVES...
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| 00:31:29 |
Kimball, Daryl - Executive Director
COURT. THE P-5 PLUS ONE THEY HAVE TO GET IN THE GAME,
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Q&A
TOO. THE PROCESS HAS TO CHANGE. WE HAVE TO GET SERIOUS AND MEET CONSTANTLY. SOMETHING HAS TO BE INTRODUCED TO GIVE YOU SPACE TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE...
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| 00:32:20 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
LET ME ASK AMBASSADOR CASE MORE ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. THAT TELLS US WHAT COULD BE DONE, SHOULD BE DONE AND WHAT MAY NOT BE DONE IN THE CASE...
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| 00:37:59 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
PERSON. >> SURE. BARBARA SLAVIN FROM THE ATLANTA COUNCIL. JIM, I WANT TO GET YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WOULD NOT BE SMALL BORE. THE CONVENTIONAL...
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| 00:41:37 |
Sadri, Ahmad - Professor
GRAND BARGAIN HERE. PEOPLE AREN'T IN THE MOOD FOR A GRAND BARGAIN. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD B GO FOR
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| 00:41:50 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
THE THE. IT'S SOMETHING THE OTHER SIDE ISN'T EXPECTING AS A WAY TO BREAK THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPASSE AND THE DIPLOMATIC IMPASSE. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S SWITCH...
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| 00:45:50 |
Sadri, Ahmad - Professor
THE SHOTS IN IRAN DURING THIS PERIOD. RELATED TO THIS, AS WE ALL KNOW THERE IS A CIVIL WAR HAPPENING IN SYRIA. IRAN IS A CLOSE ALLY OF THE ASSAD...
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| 00:48:36 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
TEA LEAVES THERE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS REALLY NOT THAT IMPORTANT. WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS IRAN'S PLACE IN THE MIDDLE...
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| 00:51:44 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
AND POLITE, BUT YOUTHE U.S. HAS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT I THINK IT SHOULD TAKE ON. THEREFORE, I STILL INSIST TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY TO OTHER MODIFYING...
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| 00:54:03 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
ENERGY ENTIRE ENERGY SECTOR. AND HOW MIGHT THAT AFFECT THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION THAT'S NEGOTIATING WITH THE IRANIANS AND ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE...
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| 00:54:33 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
CONGRESS WERE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE LAME DUCK SESSION? >> MAY I HAVE THE QUESTION READING IN EUROPE ALSO SAW -- AND I HOPE IT IS WRONG, BUT I SAW THEY...
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| 00:57:27 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS 20% PROPOSAL HAS COME UP BEFORE. WHY DID IT FAIL BEFORE? THREE YEARS AGO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION -- YOU MENTIONED THIS, JIM...
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| 00:58:51 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
YOU KNOW, THEY POLITELY WITHDRAWAL, POLITELY, POLITELY, BUT WITHDRAWAL. >> SO THE TIMING WASN'T RIGHT BEFORE? >> I THINK IT WAS AN INTERESTING PROPOSAL....
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| 01:00:42 |
Sadri, Ahmad - Professor
LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE UPCOMING NEGOTIATIONS UNLESS THE IRANIANS ARE WILLING TO DISABLE IT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT AND ALREADY...
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| 01:03:47 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
PAST ACTIVITIES. WHAT -- SO THE QUESTION HERE IS HOW CAN IRAN AND THE IAEA RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT...
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| 01:05:27 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE. HOW DO YOU BUILD A WEAPON. AND THAT IS -- BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IS WHY THE SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY...
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| 01:10:15 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
PROGRAM. AND THE QUESTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH THE LONGER RANGE SCENARIOS HERE. ONE QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THESE P-5 PLUS ONE NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN...
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| 01:14:23 |
Sadri, Ahmad - Professor
RECENT FULL INITIATIVE ABOUT THE NUCLEAR FUEL BANK AND NTI RAISED $50 MILLION, THE U.S. CONGRESS RAISED $50 MILLION, THE EUROPEANS, EU FINALLY WILL...
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| 01:16:52 |
Walsh, James "Jim" - Research Associate
TO ACTION BY IRAQ. SO IRAN IS NOT ONLY BIGGER AND BETTER ARMED PROBABLY THAN THESE OTHER COUNTRIES, IT HAS A VERY STRONG SENSE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY...
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| 01:23:30 |
Sadri, Ahmad - Professor
TO ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE AS THE LEADER OF THE ARAB WORLD AS THE MOST POPULAR ARAB COUNTRY. THAT IT GOES DOWN THAT PATH TOWARDS DEMOCRACY. THAT IT'S SEEN...
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| 01:24:59 |
Ekeus, Rolf - Chairman
HOPE THAT THIS MOVE BY MOHAMED MORSI IS JUST A TACTICAL MOVE TO GET OVER CERTAIN PROBLEMS, AND I DOUBT THAT THIS WOULD BE A POWER GRAB BECAUSE THE...
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| 01:26:56 |
Kimball, Daryl - Executive Director
AND IRAN IS CHALLENGING THAT, AS WE ALL KNOW. AND I THINK THIS IS A STRATEGIC PROBLEM MORE THAN RELIGIOUS CONNOTATIONS WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD NOT RUN...
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| 01:32:49 |
Parsi, Trita - Founder and President
ANY GREAT DETAIL, BUT AT THAT MOMENT FOR A WHILE, MY NOW-DECEASED MOTHER HAD A RATHER INTERESTING FLIRTATION WITH AN IRANIAN AMBASSADOR. AT ONE POINT...
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| 01:34:13 |
Brzezinski, Zbigniew - National Security Adviser
OF THE OTHER SIDE OR BECAUSE SOME DELIBERATELY DISRUPTIVE EVENTS ARE SET IN MOTION BY ONE OR ANOTHER OF THE PARTIES. AND THAT CERTAINLY IS A POSSIBILITY...
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| 01:55:49 |
Parsi, Trita - Founder and President
THE REAGAN POLICY. USING HUMAN RIGHTS As A LEADER FOR CHANGE. I THINK THE IRANIAN REGIME AT
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Q&A
THIS STAGE IS STILL IN THE RATHER DOG
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| 01:56:10 |
Brzezinski, Zbigniew - National Security Adviser
ET REGIME AND STRICT ACCOMMODATION WHICH COULD ENTAIL SOP SOME GREATER OPENINGS. WE HAVE TO DO IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE DO THIS THE ADVANTAGE THAT ...
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| 02:00:47 |
Q&A
SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE TWO. FOR SOMETHING MODELLED ON IT EVEN IF NOT IDENTICAL TO IT. >> L.A. TIMES IN THE BACK. >> LET ME ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO AN OLD...
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| 02:01:42 |
Brzezinski, Zbigniew - National Security Adviser
OF THE NATURE OF THE REGIME. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT QUESTION BEFORE BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING 60 SECONDS TO DEAL WITH IT NOW. >> I...
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