How Washington Goaded Israel
Crippling Hezbollah was only the first stage in a U.S.-Israeli plan to remake the Middle East.
Islam’s Two Faces?
The United States, when it looks at Islam, suffers from a peculiar disorder of the eyes that perhaps only the great neurologist Oliver Sacks can properly diagnose. Where there is a great multiplicity of sects, beliefs, and approaches in Islam, the U.S. government has a stubborn double vision.
At War with Syria and Iran: The Neo-Cons May Get Their Wish
Sounding a similar note, the neocons push for war again.
Has "Cowboy Diplomacy" Really Ended?
Is Time Magazine premature in declaring “The end of cowboy diplomacy” of George W. Bush?
The Alleged Destabilizing Iranian Role in Iraq
How far Iran will go in destabilizing (or not destabilizing) Iraq has a lot to do with how much cooperation it is likely to extract from the United States.
Bush Offers Direct Talks with Iran
UFPJ Talking Points #41: The talks are a direct result of the Bush administration’s failure to win even a modicum of international support for its military and economic threats.
Iran: The Day After
If the U.S. attacks Iran – with nuclear or “conventional” bombs – it is virtually certain that Iranian retaliation will be swift and lethal.
New War Dangers : Iran, the U.S. and Nukes in the Middle East
UFPJ Talking Points #39: The possibility of a U.S. military attack on Iran is a frighteningly real possibility.
Addressing the Nuclear Proliferation Challenge: Cooperation is Not Capitulation
The director of the Arms Control Association debates a Fellow of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy on the way out of the current crisis in nuclear arms control.
Getting Real(istic) About Nonproliferation
Does the current crisis over the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran mean that the nuclear nonproliferation regime should be strengthened and reformed, or scrapped? Here is an argument for scrapping it.
Taking the Wind Out of the Perfect Geopolitical Storm: Iran and the Crisis over Non-proliferation
A one-stop shop for understanding the current crisis over Iran’s nuclear ambitions: the international players, the fuel cycle and major proposals for regulating it, and a policy to steer us to “calmer waters.”