Obama’s signal
President Barack Obama has signaled Iran that the United States would accept an Iranian civilian nuclear program if Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei can back up his recent public claim that his nation “will...
View ArticleAnd here’s why Iran should not get it
In an opposing commentary from the Council of Foreign Relations, Scott Sagan says that “Iran’s nuclear ambitions is clouded by a kind of historical amnesia,” and that nuclear proliferation has been...
View ArticleHere’s why Iran should get the bomb
With the Middle East nuclear crisis looming, Kenneth Waltz of the Council of Foreign Relations argues that “power begs to be balanced” and the only way stability is possible in the region is if Iran is...
View ArticleSmart countries acquire nuclear arms
“The true threat of nuclear proliferation is that it can deter American aggression,” says Glen Greenwald in The Guardian. A nuclear Iran is intolerable to the U.S. not because Iran is poised to attack,...
View ArticleWhy intervention is necessary in Syria
In regions of deep-seated conflict, “diplomacy rarely works unless backed up by the threat of force” to be used when a country crosses a “red line,” says John Judis in the New Republic. If it’s proven...
View ArticleHezbollah a game-changer as civil war rocks Syria
With Hezbollah soldiers and Iranian Revolutionary Guards reportedly fighting for President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the international community must remove all weapons of mass destruction from Syria...
View ArticleWhy is Iran so misunderstood?
Trita Parsi and Reza Marashi say at al-Washington always seems to get it wrong when it comes to Iran. Assumptions, they say, have create a “blindness” that gives finality to U.S. decisions no matter...
View ArticleIsrael knows diplomacy won’t work with Iran
It “would be strategically and morally negligent” for Israel’s prime minister to insist on anything less than the complete dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program, given evidence that Iran has lied...
View ArticleIranian deal is a win for all
The six-month interim Iranian nuclear deal “contains nothing that any American, Israeli, or Arab skeptic could reasonably protest,” says Fred Kaplan in Slate. Iran must halt its nuclear weapons program...
View ArticleThe French almost sank Iran accord
The differences between the U.S. and Iran’s positions on the right to enrich uranium aren’t irreconcilable, writes Trita Parsi at the Huffington Post. At the last round of talks in Geneva, the U.S. and...
View ArticleNew sanctions against Iran could derail negotiations
The threat of future sanctions against Iran if it does not accept more significant constraints on its nuclear program in the next phase of negotiations, is unnecessarily provocative and could derail...
View ArticleTehran wants new sanctions
Iran’s hard-line leadership is secretly rooting for Congress to enact more sanctions against its country, says Trita Parsi in Roll Call. New sanctions would sabotage diplomacy efforts with Iran and...
View ArticleCovert ops in the homeland?
This piece by Noah Feldman at Bloomberg View raises a troubling question: Is the U.S. government using a front group to promote an agenda domestically — and then using the cover of national security to...
View ArticleGive Iran talks a chance
Our opinion: Israel’s prime minister speaks against U.S. talks with Iran on its nuclear arms program. If there’s a chance for a safe, peaceful resolution, America should pursue it. —Put aside, for a...
View ArticleA badly timed partisan slap
Forty-seven U.S. senators have written the government of Iran to explain how the U.S. Constitution works, but it seems the lawmakers, all Republicans, could use a lesson of their own in statesmanship....
View ArticleU.S. should focus on aiding Israelis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who delivered a contentious speech before Congress regarding Iran, was vilified by many in the media and by the Obama administration for accepting the...
View ArticleGOP letter to Iran undermines trust
As a U.S. citizen supposedly represented by congressmen, I am furious. How dare these 47 Republicans take it upon themselves to warn Iran that any deal made with President Obama can be broken by them...
View ArticleYemen could spark war in Middle East
“Saudi Arabia and Iran, the Islamic world’s leading Sunni power and its leading Shiite one, have spent decades quietly funneling weapons and money to allied forces throughout the region in an attempt...
View ArticleGOP letter to Iran was global affront
That 47 Republican senators would take the unprecedented action of undermining President Barack Obama in his official duty of saving the lives of our military by preventing another disastrous,...
View ArticleInitial Iran nuclear deal is a win for Obama
The framework for an Iranian nuclear deal is “far more detailed, quantitative, and restrictive” than anticipated, says Fred Kaplan in Slate. If implemented, the deal would prevent Iran from building a...
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