by Peter Jenkins Enthusiasm in some quarters for punishing Russia for its moves to recover the Crimea has been a feature of recent public debate. Similar references to “punishing Assad” were rife last August after Western governments published indications that… Continue Reading
by Peter Jenkins Ten years ago Western diplomats used to scour IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) reports on Iran’s “implementation of its NPT Safeguards Agreement” for evidence of safeguards failures that could be used to pressurise Iran into abandoning its… Continue Reading
by Joe Cirincione The stakes could not be higher—or the issues tougher—as the world’s six major powers and Iran launch talks February 18 on final resolution of the Iranian nuclear crisis. The goal “is to reach a mutually-agreed long-term comprehensive… Continue Reading
by Jasmin Ramsey As I mentioned here, the debate over US military action to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon was mostly on the back burner last year, but as Iran and six world powers known as the P5+1 head to… Continue Reading
by Peter Jenkins The subtitle of Gareth Porter’s new book, The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, is well-chosen. Large parts of A Manufactured Crisis are indeed untold till now. They amount to what the author terms an “alternative… Continue Reading