Katz, Mark N.2010-01-112010-01-112010-01-11https://hdl.handle.net/1920/5666Middle East Papers is a series of occasional studies published by Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) and distributed exclusively in electronic form. The series complements the MESH weblog, and provides a format for longer contributions by MESH members and other analysts.A journalist has described Obama’s approach to foreign policy as “applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago’s South Side.” But these tools are likely to be ineffective in influencing Iran’s nuclear drive and Russia’s willingness to cooperate with the United States to stop it.en-USInternational affairsRussiaIranArticle