While Iran digs deeper to protect its uranium enrichment facilities, the United States develops ever larger bombs to destroy them.
M.O.P. vs. Qom: Irresistible Force Meets Immoveable Object
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Believing the Worst About Iran Without Attacking
Focusing on the impartial problems that nuclear weapons create for their possessors might be of more benefit in ratcheting down tensions between Israel and Iran than belittling their genuine security concerns.
Is Rick Perry Trying to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons?
If Rick Perry and conservatives would were to get their wish and shut down the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration would go with it.
War: The Wrong Jobs Program
Our country’s existing jobs program goes by many names: The Permanent War Economy, Military Keynesianism, The Iron Triangle, Perpetual War. The real question it raises is not whether the government should spend. It is whether the government has been spending well.
U.S. Sends a Message to Iran With Arms Sales to Gulf States
In 2010, the U.S. made its largest single arms sale ever: $60 billion worth to Saudi Arabia.
Do Iran’s Objections to the IAEA Report Deserve Consideration?
The mainstream media fails to provide the public with the evidence used to support the IAEA’s latest report about Iran’s nuclear program.
Arab Spring Takes Back Seat to U.S. Military Aid for Egypt
There’s no accommodation that President Obama can make that will satisfy Americans hawkish for Israel.
True Reason for Iran’s Apparent Interest in Nukes Discovered
Can Ayatollah Ali Khamenei be pro and con nuclear weapons at the same time?
The China Divide and the Future of the GOP
The current Republican presidential field has given little indication of any serious thought on the future of the critical relationship between the United States and China.
Playing With Fire on the Korean Peninsula
The six-party talks may or may not resolve the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, but they are the only game in town.