The decision to violate and withdraw from the Iran anti-nuclear deal is one of the most dangerous foreign policy blunders in recent memory.
Make No Mistake: Trump Is Paving the Way for War with Iran
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All Signs from Trump Point to a Coming Conflict with Iran
Behind all of Trump’s boneheaded policies in the Middle East is an unmistakable urge for confrontation with Iran.
Bolton, Giuliani: Finalists to Head Trump State Department
The State Department is about to veer sharply to the right.
The Dreams and Dilemmas of Iraqi Kurdistan
Today, Iraqi and Syrian Kurds enjoy unprecedented autonomy from Baghdad and Damascus, and the prospects of an independent Kurdish state are real. Despite the Kurds’ gains, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), led by President Massoud Barzani, finds its semi-autonomous state in northern Iraq at several geopolitical fault lines. Barzani must tread carefully in this volatile region to safeguard the Iraqi Kurds’ interests while pursuing independence from central Iraq.
Supporting MEK a Lose-Lose Proposition for Israel
Removing the Mujahedin-e Khalq from the U.S. Department Terrorism list doesn’t bring the Iranian scientists it killed back to life.
U.S. Government Finally Catching up With MEK Boosters Like Ed Rendell
Why do human rights activists and lonesome Internet commentators suffer the wrath of the U.S. government while politicians are allowed to accept large sums to advocate for a terrorist group like MEK?
An Alternative to War with Iran
Relations between Iran and the West, fraught with tension and conflict for decades, have in the past few months reached a fever pitch. There is talk of war on a daily basis from both sides. Hundreds of millions, if not billions, have been spent both to fuel the Iranian missile and nuclear program and the counter-measures taken by the West to frustrate it. Leaders on both sides have worked themselves into paroxysms of rage regarding the alleged homicidal intensions of the other side.
My Day With a Real Thrill Kill Cult: the MEK
The Mujahideen-e Khalq’s Paris-based leadership is reluctantly cooperating with a U.N. plan to resettle its endangered members in an Iraq refugee camp.
Iran Hawks Find New Supporters Against the NIE
Many of us remember the Iraqi exile groups whose tall tales the Administration used to justify the invasion of their country in 2003. Fewer people are aware that similar groups from other Middle Eastern countries frequent the halls of Congress and editorial board rooms carrying their frightening ghost-written books with guidance from pro-war think tanks. The organized challenge against the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) summary on Iran this month included such a group, which for years cried wolf about Iran.