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Abraham Sofaer: Why US Must Get Tough with Iran

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Commonwealth Club of California

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Partner:: Commonwealth Club
Location:: SF Club Office
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 06.27.12
Speakers:: George P. Shultz,; Abraham Sofaer
Tags:: iran; united states; oil; warfare; nuclear enrichment; nuclear weapon

Summary: Abraham Sofaer, a renowned expert in international law, discusses why the U.S. must get tough with Iran. He talks the legal options that the U.S. can pursue with Iran and how the U.S. can successfully use negotiation to convince Iran to give up any intention to develop nuclear weapons. It makes sense now, Sofaer posits, before Iran has shown both the abilities and the intention to develop nuclear weapons, for the U.S. to stop projecting weakness by indulging the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' illegal conduct, and to start utilizing any opportunity that greater strength provides to negotiate professionally and consistently.
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George P. Shultz

George P. Shultz is the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

He was sworn in on July 16, 1982, as the sixtieth U.S. Secretary of State and served until January 20, 1989. In January 1989, he rejoined Stanford University as the Jack Steele Parker Professor of International Economics at the Graduate School of Business and a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution.

He is a member of the board of directors of Fremont Group and Accretive Health. He is chairman of the J. P. Morgan Chase International Council and chairman of the Accenture Energy Advisory Board. He is also chairman of the California Governor's Council of Economic Advisors and co-chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger.

He was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on January 19, 1989. He also received the Seoul Peace Prize (1992), the Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service (2001), and the Reagan Distinguished American Award (2002). He is the recipient of the Elliot Richardson Prize for Excellence and Integrity in Public Service, The James H. Doolittle Award, and the John Witherspoon Medal for Distinguished Statesmanship.

The George Shultz National Foreign Service Training Center in Arlington, Virginia, was dedicated on May 29, 2002.

Abraham Sofaer

Abraham D. Sofaer, who served as legal adviser to the U.S. Department of State from 1985 to 1990, was appointed the first George P. Shultz Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution in 1994. Named in honor of former U.S. secretary of state George P. Shultz, the appointment is awarded to a senior scholar of international prominence whose broad vision, knowledge, and skill can be brought to bear on the problems presented by a radically transformed global environment. Sofaer's work has focused on separation of powers issues in the American system of government, including the power over war, and on issues related to international law, terrorism, diplomacy, national security, the Middle East conflict, and water resources. He teaches a course on transnational law at the Stanford Law School. During his distinguished career, Sofaer has been a prosecutor, legal educator, judge, government official, and attorney in private practice. His most recent book is The Best Defense? Legitimacy and Preventive Force (Hoover Institution Press, 2010).

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01.: Introduction

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02.: Fight Against Terrorism Less Successful than Soviet Union

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03.: Preventive Strikes or Containment of Iran

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04.: The Third Option: Fight the IRGC

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05.: More Effective Diplomatic Practices

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06.: How to Stand Up to Threats and Negotiate

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07.: Q1: How Long Israel Can Wait to Do Something

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08.: Q2: Possibility of Another Revolution in Iran

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09.: Q3: How to Respond to IRGC Actions

03 min 21 sec

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10.: Q4: Containment Is Not a Safe Policy

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11.: Q5: Reaction to Possible U.S. Attack on Iran

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12.: Q6: Buy-In from Middle East Allies

00 min 53 sec

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13.: Q7: Deterrence to Use a Weapon

02 min 20 sec

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14.: Q8: Iranian Negotiating Style

04 min 26 sec

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15.: Q9: Health of the Supreme Leader

01 min 16 sec

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16.: Q10: U.S. Telling Israel Not to Act Unilaterally

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17.: Q11: Forcing Iran Out of Their Goals

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18.: Q12: American Position of Strength

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19.: Q13: Lack of Involvement in Syria

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20.: Q14: Following Through on New Policy

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21.: Closing Statement

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US Hesitation to Invade Iran a 'Grave Mistake'

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Abraham D. Sofaer, author of Taking on Iran, believes the United States should retaliate against attacks by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps even if conflict requires crossing the border into Iran. Sofaer believes that it would be "intolerable" for the U.S. not to retaliate a state killing American soldiers.
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