Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) blocked a vote on this year’s defense budget authorization act because of provisions in the bill that the Obama administration says will tie its hands when dealing with… Continue Reading
News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for Sept. 29-Oct. 3 Los Angeles Times: Middle East analyst Trita Parsi warns us about the dangers of current U.S. policy towards Iran while explaining how an “accidental clash” in the Persian Gulf… Continue Reading
Can Washington Move from Pacific Power to Pacific Partner? Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch By John Feffer The United States has long styled itself a Pacific power. It established the model of counterinsurgency in the Philippines in 1899 and… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress When news broke two weeks ago that the U.S. had sent bunker buster bombs to Israel in 2009 or 2010, many worried that shipping the bombs — which can penetrate deep into underground bunkers… Continue Reading
The fall issue of the Washington Quarterly has just published what may end up being the worst, most garbled policy piece on Iran within the last decade or so. Curiously, the authors, Kenneth Pollack and Ray Takeyh, are mainstream centrists… Continue Reading