by Graham E. Fuller It is risky to try to discern longer range trends in the Middle East based on a few short term developments. Nonetheless, I can’t resist finding some small shards for cautious optimism in the events of the… Continue Reading
by Robert Hunter The US debate on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran is in full swing and will not be resolved soon. That must wait until the final vote in the House and Senate on whether to… Continue Reading
by Fatemeh Aman The agreement between Iran and world powers may be making Iran’s Arab neighbors nervous, but for South Asian countries with energy worries, it has come as a relief. The lifting of sanctions on Iran could mean economic… Continue Reading
by Ali Gharib I only have a few words to add to Jim’s post about United Against a Nuclear Iran naming Joe Lieberman as its new president. Those words are: Mojahedin-e Khalq. That’s the ex-terrorist Iranian opposition group, often known… Continue Reading
by Eli Clifton The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is effectively at war with the White House over the Obama administration’s signature second-term foreign-policy initiative: a nuclear deal to constrain Iran’s nuclear program. But AIPAC, having already committed $20… Continue Reading