Posts Tagged ‘iranian regime’
Is the Iranian Regime Collapsing? »
Menashe AmirJCPA * To grasp Iran’s ambitions and foreign policy it is necessary to understand the Islamic Republic’s religious ideology which aspires to establish global Islamic rule – under Shi’ite leadership. This belief lies at the heart of Iran’s foreign policy, including its ambition to acquire nuclear weapons. * Ayatollah [...]
Incremental sanctions make a nuclear Iran more likely »
In its most recent report, the IAEA acknowledged what many observers have asserted for years -- that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon. Whether this is the result of new evidence, or merely the willingness of the agency’s new director-general to heed the existing evidence, is beside the point. The findings will provide new impetus for a [...]
Hilary Clinton’s Congressional Testimony Shows »
RubinReportsBarry RubinSecretary of State Hilary Clinton explains to the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee that the Obama Administration needed to spend 13 months trying to engage Iran's dictatorship because that's helped its effort to line up world support for new sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.Let me get this [...]
Iran and the Threat of the Revolutionary Guard »
Paul E. Vallely and Fred Gedrich Team Obama, clearly exasperated that Iran’s terrorist state hasn’t reciprocated to its public and private engagement overtures, took a new tact during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent Mideast tour. The secretary declared that the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is [...]
Iran and the IRGC »
Paul E. Vallely and Fred GedrichContact: standupamericaceo@gmail.comFebruary 23, 2010Team Obama, clearly exasperated that Iran’s terrorist state hasn’t reciprocated to its public and private engagement overtures, took a new tact during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent Mideast tour. The secretary declared that the Islamic [...]
Checkmating Iran »
Doves keep talking about the Iranian nuclear problem like it is a unilateralist Ungame, the game where you win by not seeking to win. It is better thought of as multilateralist chess. Doves have argued that the primary obstacle to reaching a grand bargain with Iran has been the unwillingness of the United States to make a sufficiently [...]
Ya’alon says Iran can still be stopped »
Jonathan Weber YNET NewsStrategic affairs minister tells Herzliya Conference, 'It must be made clear to the extremist regime in Iran that ignoring the international community's demands will end in bitter tears' "The State of Israel must conduct itself by the notion that 'the work of righteous will be done by others,' but should prepare in [...]
Tom Ricks was wrong on Iran’s containment »
As we witnessed recently with the questioning of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair by the Chilcot inquiry, the debate over the war in Iraq is one that raises many issues and can be expected to continue for some time to come. But one issue, raised by my fellow FP blogger, Tom Ricks in a recent post, deserves some critical attention here: [...]
Why there can’t be a Nixon-to-China moment in »
By Michael Singh As engagement with Iran gained political momentum in the United States during the 2008 presidential campaign, some of its advocates were quick to cite the analogy of Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China in portraying outreach to Tehran as a similarly bold policy stroke. The experience of the past year, which has seen Iran's [...]
lookie who we found here »
1. Americans killed in Afghanistan were CIA agentsWASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Eight Americans killed in a military base blast in Afghanistan were agents of the Central Intelligence Agency, CNN reported Wednesday. The report cited an anonymous U.S. official, but didn't provide any details. The State Department confirmed the death of the [...]
