Gulf Roundtable: Iran and the Struggle for Gulf Supremacy

Two leading American experts on Iran judged that Iran is a more rational power than is often supposed, and more aggressive U.S. diplomacy to test Iranian intentions and shape Iranian actions could have positive effects in the coming years. Afshin Molavi, a fellow at the New America Foundation, and Gary Sick, a senior research scholar at Columbia University, analyzed Iran’s changing role in the region and its impact on U.S.-Iranian relations at the second session of the CSIS Gulf Roundtable on June 7, 2007.