News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 17th, 2010: The National: Michael Theodoulou reports that new sanctions will exacerbate corruption and mismanagement in Iran’s economy but do little to change Tehran’s nuclear policy. However, the sanctions could give… Continue Reading
I’m on vacation, so I’m making this very short. But I noticed today on the AEI website an article by Michael Rubin, the Richard Perle protege who, if I recall correctly, (Michael, please let me know if I’m wrong, as… Continue Reading
The Guns of August Lowering the Flag on the American Century By Chalmers Johnson Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com In 1962, the historian Barbara Tuchman published a book about the start of World War I and called it The Guns of… Continue Reading
What If Washington…? Five Absurd Things That Simply Can’t Happen in Wartime Washington By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com The other day I visited a website I check regularly for all things military, Noah Shachtman’s Danger Room blog at Wired magazine. … Continue Reading
Israeli expert on strategic affairs Yossi Alpher? offers an excellent analysis of Jeffrey Goldberg‘s Atlantic cover story. Alpher agrees that an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is a possibility but only if Iran, “…is crossing a “red line” and… Continue Reading