Before the election, Rohani’s words to the West were conciliatory.
Iran’s Election Nuclear, But Not Nuked
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Middle East & North Africa
Has Intervention by the United States Become, by Definition, a Mistake?
To caring citizens of the world, the helplessness of watching a people suffer is a form of torture.
A Voter’s Guide to Iran’s Presidential Race
Will this election be contested, too?
What’s Not on the Ballot in Iran
As Iran’s presidential election approaches with the speed of an out-of-control train, its passengers are certainly curious about who’s going to be the next conductor. Yet as they take in the political infighting that so consumes the country’s ruling classes, ordinary Iranians understand that one of the most salient facts of life in Iran—the international sanctions regime—will not be on the ballot.
Kurdistan: The Next Autocracy?
Kurdistan has enjoyed an unprecedented level of political and economic stability since the end of the first Gulf War in 1991. Yet not all is well in Kurdistan, due in part to the dominant presence of one ruling family. Descended from a political dynasty that has built a power base over centuries of fighting, regional president Massoud Barzani has blossomed into an authoritarian ruler not unlike many whose regimes are now crumbling from the internal pressures of the Arab Spring.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/13)
Emphasis, as always, added.
From the Spanish Civil War to Syria: Parceling Out Truth Subverts Justice
All of us practice a partial vision some extent.
When Will the Dirty Wars End?
Jeremy Scahill’s Dirty Wars details the growing use of extrajudicial assassinations by the U.S. executive branch to strike at targets around the planet, without any declaration of war or meaningful congressional oversight. And it documents the human toll of such unchecked power by featuring some of the innocent victims of this global war.
Syria: the Charade of Humanitarian Intervention
From the outset diplomacy for the U.S. has meant calling for regime change.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/10)
From Iraq to Iran to Syria.