American neocons openly express the hope that any Iranian response to the Israeli attack would trigger full-scale U.S. war against Iran.
Israel Playing With a Fire It Expects the U.S. to Put Out
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Holding Israel’s Hand While It Attacks Iran
Signing a letter to House Republican leader John Boehner is a small step to help block an Israeli attack on Iran.
Proclaiming One’s Supremacy Doesn’t Become a Supreme Leader
What’s so Islamic about the leadership of the Islamic Republic?
Iran-Turkey-Syria: An Alliance of Convenience
The Israel-Palestine conflict has been at the heart of regional affairs since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. This is the context wherein the “de facto” Iran-Turkey-Syria axis should be understood, although substantive normalization of relations in the last decade between Turkey and its neighbors Iran and Syria served as a pre-requisite for the supposed alliance.
Iran Sanctions a Slap in the Face to Other Countries Too
The United States can’t compensate for the ineffectiveness of sanctions against Iran by bombing it instead.
The Guns of August in the Middle East?
Israel risks painting itself into a corner with its talk of preemptive strikes against Iran. Meanwhile, Iran once again finds itself the odd man out in the shopworn Israel-Iran-Arab triangulation game.
60-Second Expert: U.S.-Iran Relations
Iran’s nuclear program has become the focal point of international discussions about the region’s future, and the United States and its allies have made the resolution of the nuclear standoff a precondition for future discussions of Iran’s broader interests. Therefore, despite President Obama’s emphasis on diplomacy, U.S. relations with Iran remain strained. It would be in the best interest of both countries to put aside their history of conflict and often baseless mutual suspicion in favor of a more forward-looking approach.
It’s Time to Step up Diplomacy with Iran
Things are heating up for Iran. The international community, responding to doubts over the intentions of the Iranian nuclear program, has passed three sanctions packages over the past three weeks.
Crazy Talk in the Middle East
Trying to track—let alone make sense—of recent developments around Iran is enough to make one reach for that stuff they just found lots of in Afghanistan: lithium.
An Iran-U.S. Grand Bargain
Iran’s nuclear program has become the centerpiece of global security discussions for the last 10 years. It is a main sticking point in the relationship between Iran — a key regional player — and western countries, and it has acquired oversized significance in the international war against extremism. Despite Obama’s promise for change, and greater emphasis on multilateralism and diplomacy, the specter of military confrontation between Iran on the one hand and either Israel or the United States on the other persistently looms over the horizon, even though the probability remains low.