By panicking and detaining Russians working on its nuclear plant, Iranians risk incurring the enmity of Russia.
“Nuclear Spy” Arrests: Remember Who Your Friends Are, Iran
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Cyberwarfare Works on Same Premises as Nuclear War
The creator of Stuxnet, while oblivious to its potential to proliferate, no doubt intended it as a deterrent.
Is It Time to Worry About Ahmadinejad’s Apparent Fanaticism?
How would we feel about Iran President Ahmadinejad’s extremism if he usurped Supreme Leader Khameini in power?
Disingenuousness Rules the Nuclear Roost
Iran doesn’t understand how its caginess about its nuclear program compares with Israel’s deceptions about its full-blown nuclear-weapons program.
An Off-Ramp From Our Iran Policy Could Take Us on the Scenic Route to Peace
Nowhere is it written in stone that U.S. policy on Iran must continue to suffer from a failure of imagination.
Ahmadinejad’s Apocalypse-Soon Proclamations: For Real or a Joke?
Do conservatives have any justification for clinging to the belief that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad is an end-timer?
Wanted: an Accurate Assessment of Arab-Iran Animosity
When it comes to Arab-Iran animosity, a distinction needs to be made between the feelings of the ruler and the people.
Iran Gains as Arabs’ Obama Hopes Sink
Only 20% of respondents in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) now view the US president positively, compared to 45% who did so in the spring of 2009, according to the 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll conducted by Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institution and the Zogby International polling firm.
How Much Less Revolutionary Could the Revolutionary Guard Be?
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and its Supreme Leader pervert Islam with their oppression, torture, rape, and killing.
Iran-Saudi Relations: Rising Tensions and Growing Rivalry
For decades, the Persian Gulf region – subsumed under a latent Sunni-Shia divide – was animated by a drama of Iraq-Iran rivalry; each power balanced the other. The elimination of Saddam Hussein, by the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, introduced a new chapter in the regional affairs – Saudi Arabia and Iran as the twin pillars of the regional power-configuration. Historically, despite numerous efforts by each party to improve bilateral relations and deepen cooperation, Iran-Saudi relations have been fraught with intermittent rhetorical wars and grim strategic competition.