1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453752903321

Autore

Fayazmanesh Sasan

Titolo

Containing Iran : Obama's policy of "tough diplomacy" / / by Sasan Fayazmanesh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5409-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 pages)

Disciplina

327.73055

Soggetti

Diplomacy

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Iran

Iran Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 1979 Revolution in Iran and the end of a close relationship between the US and the Shah, successive American administrations including the Obama Administration have tried to contain Iran by various means, particularly sanctions and military threats. - - Even though President Obama came to office promising to engage Iran, in reality his administration has followed the policy of thtough diplomacy,oe which has included, among other acts, imposing draconian sanctions against Iran. Following the authoras earlier book on the history of containment of Iran and Iraq, the current book examines closely the Obama Administrationas policy toward Iran, as well as the role played by Israel, the European Union and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the implementation of this policy. - - Specifically, it is argued that the policy of thtough diplomacy,oe designed mostly by those associated with the Israeli lobby groups, was intended to give an ultimatum to Iran in some direct meetings, telling Iran to either accept the US-Israeli demands or face aggression. The meetings were also intended to create the illusion of engaging Iran in order to gain international support for aggressive actions. Barack



Obama announced this policy in his speeches as a Senator, particularly at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conferences. After he became president in 2008, the policy of thaggressive diplomacyoe was put in motion. While pretending to engage Iran in diplomacy, the Obama Administration, in coordination with the US Congress and the government of Israel, pushed for the most confrontational IAEA reports on Iran and an unprecedented set of unilateral and multilateral sanctions. The US and Israel also engaged in a campaign of military threats, sabotage and assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists. Yet, after four years of hostilities, the policy of thtough diplomacyoe failed to achieve many of its goals and failed to contain Iran. - - -

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779044403321

Autore

Greenberg Michael R

Titolo

The environmental impact statement after two generations [[electronic resource] ] : managing environmental power / / Michael R. Greenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-299-69351-2

1-136-63627-7

0-203-80383-3

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Natural and built environment series

Disciplina

344.7304/6

344.73046

Soggetti

Environmental impact statements - Law and legislation - United States

Environmental impact statements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Environmental Impact Statement after Two Generations  Managing environmental power; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A statement of values and forty years of field trials; 2 Metropolitan new jersey: transportation, sprawl and urban revitalization; 3 Ellis island New York Harbor: time closes in on a



national cultural treasure; 4 Sparrows point, maryland:proposed liquefied natural gas facilities; 5 Johnston Island: destruction of the US chemical weapons stockpile

6 Savannah River Nuclear Weapons Facility: managing the legacy of the military's nuclear factory7 Animas-La plata, four corners: water rights and the ute legacy; 8 NEPA and the challenges of the early twenty-first century; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about a subject that Michael Greenberg has worked on and lived with for almost forty years. He was brought up in the south Bronx at a time when his neighborhood suffered from terrible air and noise pollution, and domestic waste went untreated into the Hudson River. For him, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was a blessing. It included an ethical position about the environment, and the law required some level of accountability in the form of an environmental impact statement, or EIS. After forty years of thinking about and working with NEPA and th