If Iran agrees, on paper, to end uranium enrichment, it will no longer be inspected and could then secretly recreate its program.
Putting a Country on a Leash: Iran and Uranium
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Cold Comfort for Egypt
What shape will the convergence of Egypt’s civilian and military management with the Muslim Brotherhood take?
Bad-Judgment Jonathan Incites Public, Boko Haram
Questions remain about how well Nigeria’s government will manage public dissatisfaction, ethnic and religious divisions, and violent resistance from the Islamist Boko Haram movement.
Is Disarmament to Proliferation as Spending Is to Austerity?
Disarming to prevent nuclear proliferation strikes some as counterintuitive as spending during an economic crisis instead of cutting spending.
The End of the Iraq War: the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest
The end of the Iraq War went largely unremarked upon by the American public.
What Country Most Resembles Iran in Its Power Structure?
Negotiating with Iran, as with the United States, requires talking to it on many levels.
New York Times Continues to Conceal U.S. Role in 1965 Indonesia Coup
Why is the New York Times concealing the key role that the United States played in the 1965 coup in Indonesia that killed between 500,000 and one million people?
Jeffrey Sachs’s Metamorphosis From Neoliberal Shock Trooper to Bleeding Heart Hits a Snag
Jeffrey Sachs has seen his economic theories been applied to disastrous effect.
Exactly Why Did Ehud Barak Postpone a Joint U.S.-Israeli Military Exercise?
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak postponed a US-Israeli missile defense exercise, which would have deployed 5,000 U.S. personnel and advanced American missile defense systems to Israel.
Nick Clegg’s Pro-Israeli Pronouncements Pale Beside Washington’s
Newt Gingrich, not to mention President Obama, outdo British Deputy Prime Minister Clegg in their support for Israel.