Columbia professor and Iran expert Gary Sick offers a simple reason why U.S. President Barack Obama’s engagement plan with Iran has thus far failed: “It has yet to be tried.” In our IPS piece, Jim Lobe and I quoted much… Continue Reading
Earlier today on National Review‘s The Corner blog, Foundation for Defense of Democracies head honcho Cliff May wrote: I’m now hearing from more than one source on the Hill that the Obama administration has just added a new argument in favor… Continue Reading
It looks that way — or the Israelis could simply want people to think that. But, whatever the truth, they seem to be coyly admitting to this summer’s massive cyber-attack against Iran. The New York Times looks back at Stuxnet,… Continue Reading
In a move on Wednesday that some analysts consider a concession to Iran ahead of the upcoming negotiations on its nuclear program, the U.S. State Department labeled the Iranian Sunni militant group, Jundullah, a “Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of… Continue Reading
News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for October 26, 2010: Politico: Laura Rozen reports on Dennis Ross‘, a top Obama adviser on Iran and the peace process, presentation to an AIPAC conference earlier this week. Ross addressed the administration’s efforts to… Continue Reading