Dismantling the Target
2013-10-18
Averting a war that never should have been a threat.Continue Reading
Nuclear Islam: Demystifying the Iranian Threat
2013-10-04
Advertisements The mindless way in which Americans simply assume that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon is just appalling. I have found it most repulsive in that my school, the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, reflects in its classes the absolute certainty of this “fact,” despite the realityContinue Reading
Iran Hawks Gear Up
2013-09-30
Advertisements Not everyone shares the optimism surrounding the recent communication between Presidents Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani. From Israel, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Monarchies and, of course, Washington, DC, voices of war are in a panic that tensions between the U.S. and Iran might be reduced by some means other than furtherContinue Reading
Lost in the Desert
2013-09-27
Just when he thought he could get out, the Middle East pulls Obama back in.Continue Reading
The Tangled Web of a U.S.-Iran Thaw
2013-09-25
Advertisements The real Iranian nuclear threat has apparently already taken hold. New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s so-called “charm offensive” has sent the war hawks scurrying as if the bomb had really gone off. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been relentless in his increasingly desperate efforts to cast Rouhani inContinue Reading