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'''Ray Takeyh''' (born 1966, Tehran) is an Iranian-American scholar of Assyrian ancestry who formerly served as an aide to Israel lobby hawk [[Dennis Ross]] and as a fellow at AIPAC think tank [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]]. An Iran hawk, Takeyh is currently a Senior Fellow at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].  He is also a contributing editor of ''[[The National Interest]]''. On 30 July 2010 he co-wrote with [[Steven Simon]] an op-ed in the Washington Post which Time editor Tony Karon has described as 'a "how-to-bomb Iran" manual.'<ref>Steven Simon and Ray Takeyh, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073002672_pf.html If Iran came close to getting a nuclear weapon, would Obama use force?], ''Washington Post'', 30 July 2010</ref><ref>Tony Karon, [http://tonykaron.com/2010/07/31/on-iran-liberals-are-enabling-another-disastrous-war/ On Iran, Liberals Are Enabling Another Disastrous War], ''Rootless Cosmopolitan'', 31 July 2010</ref>
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==Publications==
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* ''Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs'' (Oxford University Press, 2009)
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* ''[http://www.cfr.org/publication/11118/hidden_iran.html Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic]'' (Times Books/Henry Holt, 2006)
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* ''[http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C7628.aspx The Receding Shadow of the Prophet: The Rise and Fall of Radical Political Islam]'' (Praeger Publishers, 2004) (with [[Nikolas Gvosdev]])
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*''The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine: The United States, Britain and Nasser’s Egypt, 1953-1957'' (Macmillan Press, 2000)
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[Council on Foreign Relations]]
 
*[[Council on Foreign Relations]]
 
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*[[WINEP]]
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
*Steven Simon and Ray Takeyh, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073002672_pf.html If Iran came close to getting a nuclear weapon, would Obama use force?], ''Washington Post'', 30 July 2010
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* [http://www.cfr.org/bios/9599/ray_takeyh.html Ray Takeyh's Council on Foreign Relations web page]
 
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===References===
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Latest revision as of 10:59, 4 January 2013

Ray Takeyh (born 1966, Tehran) is an Iranian-American scholar of Assyrian ancestry who formerly served as an aide to Israel lobby hawk Dennis Ross and as a fellow at AIPAC think tank Washington Institute for Near East Policy. An Iran hawk, Takeyh is currently a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a contributing editor of The National Interest. On 30 July 2010 he co-wrote with Steven Simon an op-ed in the Washington Post which Time editor Tony Karon has described as 'a "how-to-bomb Iran" manual.'[1][2]

Publications

Affiliations

Resources

References

  1. Steven Simon and Ray Takeyh, If Iran came close to getting a nuclear weapon, would Obama use force?, Washington Post, 30 July 2010
  2. Tony Karon, On Iran, Liberals Are Enabling Another Disastrous War, Rootless Cosmopolitan, 31 July 2010