Iran: Why This Time Is Different
May 3, 2012 | If the West can provide Iran the space to compromise on its nuclear program, the upcoming Baghdad talks just might yield a breakthrough.
Articles by Richard Javad Heydarian
The Syrian Crisis Needs a Political Solution
March 30, 2012 | With the West rethinking armed intervention and the Syrian crisis continuing, political compromise may be the only way to end the violence.
Coming Up: A Tehran Communique?
March 23, 2012 | There is a growing feeling that the crisis in the Gulf can only be solved by a diplomatic grand bargain between America and Iran, much like Nixon's normalization of U.S. relations with China.
Iran: Willing to Deal
February 20, 2012 | The West's sanctions on Iran are hurting the country's middle class and marginalizing the country's pragmatists. But they can neither cripple Iran's economy nor halt its nuclear program.
Iran and Post-Withdrawal Iraq
February 3, 2012 | Iraq knows that Iran -- unlike America and other Western forces -- is there to stay.
The Fading U.S.-Pakistan Alliance
December 23, 2011 | Unless there is a decisive turn in events, Washington might be getting closer to losing a powerful ally in a much-troubled and highly strategic region.
Time to Rekindle Talks with Iran
November 11, 2011 | The latest IAEA report on Iran may dangerously undermine prospects for a reasonable and negotiated resolution of the Iran-West nuclear standoff.
Iran Plot: A Pretext for War
November 4, 2011 | The real target of the fishy Iranian "plot" could be the U.S.-Iranian relationship itself -- and that would be a sorry miscalculation.
Arab Spring, Israeli Isolation
October 13, 2011 | With the Arab uprisings reconfiguring the regional political landscape, the time has come for America to regain the trust and goodwill of the Islamic world. The clock is ticking fast.
Arab Spring, Turkish Harvest
September 22, 2011 | As the greatest beneficiary of the Arab Spring, Turkey is going head to head with both Syria and Israel.