December 4, 2006 8:45AM 

# Throwing Another Foreign Policy Log on the Fire 

By [Justin Logan](https://www.cato.org/people/justin-logan) 

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With so many foreign policy issues dominating the news lately (Lebanon, the Gates confirmation hearings, Baker-Hamilton, the ongoing mess in Iraq, North Korea…), I wonder whether people don’t get burned out and stop wanting to hear about foreign policy.

But if you *aren’t* sick of hearing about the various foreign policy challenges we face, today marks the release of a [new policy analysis on Iran](https://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa583.pdf) \[.pdf\] authored by yours truly. I’ll comment on the paper at our [half-day conference next Monday](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3347), which hosts a whole group of prestigious Iran watchers: [Michael Eisenstadt](http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=4), [Larry Korb](http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/staff/KorbLawrence.html), [Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney](http://iranpolicy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=29), [Trita Parsi](http://www.tritaparsi.com/), [Sanam Vakil](http://apps.sais-jhu.edu/faculty_bios/faculty_bio1.php?ID=255), [Flynt Leverett](http://www.newamerica.net/people/flynt_leverett), and last but not least, my **highly** esteemed boss [Ted Carpenter](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6690).

Please [register to attend](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3347).

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