Feinstein’s Denunciation of Kirk-Menendez Iran Act May Be Decisive…

by Jim Lobe Tuesday’s floor speech by Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein could bury AIPAC’s hopes of winning passage of what I have called the Kirk-Menendez Wag the Dog Act of 2013…at least for the next month or so.… Continue Reading

The Iran Nuclear Negotiations At The Turn Of Another Year

by Peter Jenkins It is tempting to assume that, for Iran nuclear negotiators, 2013 was a year of two halves: stalemate during the last months of the Ahmadinejad administration, and then, after the presidential election of Dr. Hassan Rouhani, a… Continue Reading

On the Eve of an Uncertain Negotiation

by François Nicoullaud From recent declarations of President Barack Obama, echoed by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and various American and French officials, one can foresee the initial bargaining position of the Western members of the P5+1 group in the upcoming… Continue Reading