Today's New York Times offers some analysis (Policy Shift Seen in U.S. Decision on Iran Talks) of the potential breakthrough mentioned in the last post, and it looks like oil prices are starting to respond to the lessening tensions between the U.S. and Iran. In this video from The Council on Foreign Relations, foreign policy experts Trita Parsi and Barbara Slavin discuss relations between the United States and Iran, including Iran's role in Iraq, the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate and prospects for an improved U.S.-Iran relationship. Let's hope those prospects are brighter after the meeting this weekend.
