Session 10 (Friday 10:00-11:30 am)

Two-Level Diplomacy & U.S.-Iran Policy

Required reading:
Hurst, Steven. 2016. “The Iranian Nuclear Negotiations as a Two-Level Game: The Importance
of Domestic Politics.” Diplomacy & Statecraft 27 (3): 545-567.
Tajbakhsh, Kian. 2018. “Who Wants What from Iran Now? The Post-Nuclear Deal U.S. Policy
Debate.” The Washington Quarterly 41 (3): 41-61.

Further reading:
Aghazadeh, Mahdieh. 2013. "A Historical Overview Of Sanctions On Iran And Iran's Nuclear
Program." Journal of Academic Studies no. 14 (56):137-160.
Bowen, Wyn Q., and Jonathan Brewer. 2011. "Iran’s Nuclear Challenge: Nine Years and
Counting." International Affairs 87: 923–43.
Hurst, Steven. 2012. "Obama and Iran." International Politics no. 49 (5):545-567.
Jervis, Robert. 2013. "Getting to Yes With Iran: The Challenges of Coercive Diplomacy." Foreign
Affairs no. 92:105-115.
Kaussler, Bernd. 2013. Iran's Nuclear Diplomacy: Power Politics and Conflict Resolution. New York:
Routledge.
Kaye, E. 2012. "Containing Iran: What Does It Mean?" Middle East Policy no. 19 (1):51-63.
Mehta, Simi. 2015. "P5+1 - Iran Nuclear Agreement -- a Silver Lining in US-Iran Relations.".
Journal of Diplomacy & International Relations 16: 101-16.
Mousavian, Seyed Hossein, and Sina Toossi. 2017. “Assessing U.S.–Iran Nuclear Engagement”.
The Washington Quarterly 40:3, 65–95.
Oren, Ido. 2011. "Why Has the United States Not Bombed Iran? The Domestic Politics of
America’s Response to Iran’s Nuclear Programme." Cambridge Review of International Affairs 24: 659-
84.
Pillar, Paul R. 2013. "Nuclear Negotiations with Iran." International Security no. 38 (1):174-192.
Putnam, Robert D. 1988. "Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games."
International Organization 42: 427-60.
Sebenius, James K., and Michael K. Singh. 2012. "Is a Nuclear Deal with Iran Possible? An
Analytical Framework for the Iran Nuclear Negotiations." International Security 37: 52–91.
Snow, Donald. 2012. "Iran: Facing Down Regional Aspirations and Nuclear Weapons." In Cases in
American Foreign Policy, edited by Donald Snow, 55-78. London: Pearson.
Sterio, Milena. 2016. "President Obama’s Legacy: The Iran Nuclear Agreement?". Case Western
Reserve Journal of International Law 48: 69-82.