No one wants to go to war with Iran. We’re going anyway.
A little tale about dinner in Abilene and the Trump Administration’s Iran policy. [Read now...]
Iran: Zarif’s resignation, reformists’ bluff out of despair.
Reformists warn Europe that they need to get on with INSTEX and fulfill their promise soon or they’ll have to deal with hardliners instead. And how Rouhani tries to corner hardliners through a sensational episode among Iranians. [Read now...]
- Tags:Iran, European Union, Opinion, Middle East
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Attack in Iran raises spectre of a potentially far larger conflagration.
An attack on a military parade in Iran is likely to prompt Iranian retaliation against opposition groups at home and abroad. It also deepens Iranian fears that the United States, Saudi Arabia and others may seek to destabilize the country. [Read now...]
- Tags:Middle East, Iran, United States, Foreign Policy
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Iran nuclear deal and America’s foreign policy.
When our allies have to question America’s commitment on agreements and when a nation burns our flag, the decorum displays America’s foreign policy headed in a terrible direction. [Read now...]
- Tags:Donald Trump, Foreign Policy, Iran, US Politics, Opinion
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Could capricious American unilateralism leave the US out in the cold?
Those who wait with baited breath for a stinging European response to America’s withdrawal from the multi-lateral Iran nuclear deal should prepare to be marginally disappointed. [Read now...]
