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Iran
An Off-Ramp From Our Iran Policy Could Take Us on the Scenic Route to Peace
Nowhere is it written in stone that U.S. policy on Iran must continue to suffer from a failure of imagination.
Ahmadinejad’s Apocalypse-Soon Proclamations: For Real or a Joke?
Do conservatives have any justification for clinging to the belief that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad is an end-timer?
‘Smart Sanctions’ on Iran are Dumb
In the face of the rising hysteria regarding Iran’s development of its nuclear power facilities, there is talk of preemptive military strikes against Iran. Meanwhile, sanctions on Iran — by both the UN Security Council and the United States — have become increasingly harsh. And to the extent they are successful, these sanctions will harm the wrong people and have little impact on the political leadership.
Hikers in Iran
It has now been more than a year since Iranian authorities seized three Americans — Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal — in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan and falsely accused them of espionage on behalf of the U.S. government. No formal charges have been filed, and they have been denied their right to see an attorney. All three have suffered from maltreatment, and Sarah is experiencing severe health problems.
Wanted: an Accurate Assessment of Arab-Iran Animosity
When it comes to Arab-Iran animosity, a distinction needs to be made between the feelings of the ruler and the people.
Iran Gains as Arabs’ Obama Hopes Sink
Only 20% of respondents in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) now view the US president positively, compared to 45% who did so in the spring of 2009, according to the 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll conducted by Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institution and the Zogby International polling firm.
How Much Less Revolutionary Could the Revolutionary Guard Be?
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and its Supreme Leader pervert Islam with their oppression, torture, rape, and killing.
Iran-Saudi Relations: Rising Tensions and Growing Rivalry
For decades, the Persian Gulf region – subsumed under a latent Sunni-Shia divide – was animated by a drama of Iraq-Iran rivalry; each power balanced the other. The elimination of Saddam Hussein, by the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, introduced a new chapter in the regional affairs – Saudi Arabia and Iran as the twin pillars of the regional power-configuration. Historically, despite numerous efforts by each party to improve bilateral relations and deepen cooperation, Iran-Saudi relations have been fraught with intermittent rhetorical wars and grim strategic competition.
Israel Playing With a Fire It Expects the U.S. to Put Out
American neocons openly express the hope that any Iranian response to the Israeli attack would trigger full-scale U.S. war against Iran.