Shifting Targets: From Iran to Libya and Syria (Part 1)
Iran may catch a break as the United States weighs invasions of both Libya and Syria instead.
Iran: Poetry Can’t Be Arrested
The first to recognize literature’s power are the tyrants themselves.
Has Iran’s President Ahmadinejad Become a Sympathetic Figure?
Assaults on the rule of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad almost make you feel sorry for him.
Iran’s Turmoil at the Top
The president and the clerics have squared off in Tehran. Will it push Iran over the edge?
Israel and Iran: Partners in Plausible Nuclear Deniability
Israel and Iran are playing dangerous games with nuclear weapons by, respectively, denying its program and disavowing its likely intentions.
Bahrain: Beyond the U.S.-Iran Rivalry
The proxy struggle between the United States and Iran has spread to Bahrain. But this Cold War ignores the silent understanding the two rivals have forged against a common enemy in Afghanistan.
Israel’s Atonal September Song
A UN vote to grant Palestine statehood may provoke an irrational reaction from Israel.
Cakewalk to (Baghdad) Tehran
Many of the same people who led the push for regime-change in Baghdad now have their sights set on Tehran.
Winners and Losers in a New Middle East
The Arab Spring is the most profound foreign policy challenge facing the United States, and Washington’s response could help shape the course of the Middle East for decades.
Iranq: One Size Foreign Policy Fits All
Many of the same people who called for war with Iraq are repeating the mistake with Iran.
The Game is Changing in Iran
Iran’s inner turmoil and the rapid change sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa don’t bode well for its regime.
Review: The Sixth Crisis
A new book puts Iran at the center of U.S. efforts to resolve the perennial Middle East crisis.
Gulf of Mistrust: Iran and the Gulf Protests
The Gulf regimes are using the threat of Iran as an excuse to crack down on democratic protests — and the United States is going along.
Whipping Wisps Into Storm Clouds: Iran and the “Alleged Studies”
As with Iraq, U.S. and Israel extrapolating shreds of evidence against Iran into a casus belli.
New Arab Democratic Governments May Neither Demonize Nor Embrace Iran
Just because U.S. influence is decreased in Egypt doesn’t mean, ergo, Iran’s is increased.