Laura Rozen, on her excellent Politico foreign policy blog, writes that top European diplomat Catherine Ashton has again sent a letter to the Iranians because, despite making approving statements in the press, the Islamic Republic has not officially agreed to the… Continue Reading
Naval Academy professor John Limbert, the Obama administration’s former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran, paints an interesting, if disquieting, picture of the U.S.’s failed attempts to negotiate with Iran in a preview of his upcoming U.S. Institute of… Continue Reading
Laura Rozen and Reuters are reporting that the P5+1 — the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany — have invited Iran to resume talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The invitation is for talks… Continue Reading
On neocon pundit David Frum‘s FrumForum blog, John Guardiano lambasts Tom Donilon, President Obama’s choice to succeed Gen. Jim Jones as National Security Adviser, as “the wrong man for the job.” Guardiano, a contributor to neoconservative blogs and former Marine, … Continue Reading
A new poll by 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair shows that Americans are very hesitant to go to war with Iran — with a quarter of respondents saying that “nothing” could make them “support a war with Iran.” CBS News conducted a phone… Continue Reading