It’s just as difficult determining who makes the decisions about Iran’s nuclear program as whether the Revolutionary Guard is behind the plot to assassinate the Arab ambassador.
Gaddafi Just Another Tyrant Who Painted Himself Into a Corner
By burning their bridges, dictators condemn themselves to fight until the bitter end.
U.S. Tries to Prop up Iran Assassination Case With Misinformation
As Gareth Porter writes, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer implicated in the Iran had nothing to do with the 2007 Mahdi Army attack on U.S. troops in Karbala, Iraq.
UN Origins Project Part 7: Forging a Lasting Peace
After two cataclysmic world wars, the overriding concern for leaders of the day was engineering an international system that would increase state interdependence.
Iran Assassination Plot Has Earmarks of FBI Care and Feeding
For many years, almost every terrorist plot the FBI has unearthed has been planted and nurtured by the FBI.
Paving Over the Money Pit of Nuclear-Weapons Spending
Members of Congress are concerned with the rising costs of nuclear weapons, including new facilities for plutonium and uranium.
Burma’s Junta: Can a Tiger Change Its Stripes?
Burma’s leadership announced it would free 6,359 prisoners, but only 207 political prisoners have been released thus far.
Personality Cult of Assads in Syria Usurped Their Own People, the Alawites
When Syrian President Assad’s father, Hafez, came to power, he marginalized his own people, the Alawites.
What if Arbabsiar Was All About the Drugs, Not Terror?
Manssor Arbabsiar’s terrorism plans may have come at the urging of an undercover DEA informant, at the direction of the FBI.
What War Between Iran and Saudi Arabia Might Look Like
The outcome of a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran might depend on who gets the most third-party assistance.