Two proliferation experts had a provocative piece in the International Herald Tribune, the global edition of The New York Times, on Wednesday. William Potter and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova of the Monterey Institute conducted a multi-year study examining declassified national intelligence estimates… Continue Reading
America Is Suffering a Power Outage …and the Rest of the World Knows It By Dilip Hiro Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com “Make poverty history!” A catchy slogan, and an admirable aim, it was adopted by world leaders at the United… Continue Reading
Joyce Battle of the National Security Archive has just released a very useful and relevant bundle of documents — the first of a three-part series — that should remind everyone of the particularly critical roles neo-conservatives (despite their recent denials)… Continue Reading
In a statement issued Wednesday after a meeting with foreign ministers from the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK and the U.S.), the European Union’s top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, announced that the world’s major powers “seek an early negotiated… Continue Reading
News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for September 22. Politico: Former Amb. Stuart Eizenstat and Mark Brzezinski, a former Clinton NSC official and Obama campaign adviser, write an opinion piece raising the curtain on the upcoming National Intelligence Estimate… Continue Reading