Time and again I’ve heard diplomats highlight a common point with regard to using diplomacy as a conflict-resolution tool: the process is long and requires patience. Yet since this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference President Obama has… Continue Reading
Eat your heart out John McCain. (via the Miami Herald)
In response to a worrying trend in U.S. politics, Lobe Log publishes “Hawks on Iran” every Friday. Our posts highlight militaristic commentary and confrontational policy recommendations about Iran from a variety of sources including news articles, think tanks and pundits.… Continue Reading
In the same week that President Obama said the window for diplomacy with Iran over its nuclear program was “shrinking” high-level Iranian official Mohammad Javad Larijani has publicly pushed back against claims that Iran wants to militarily harm Israel and… Continue Reading
Next steps for a U.S.-Iranian deal are prescribed by Vali Nasr, writing again for Bloomberg. He notes that the “window for negotiations is narrow” while making bold recommendations in the context of the constrained environment President Obama has gotten himself into.… Continue Reading