Iran’s Diaspora: Beware Change for Its Own Sake

As international attention has turned from the disputed June 12 Iranian presidential election and that regime's brutal crackdown to the negotiations surrounding Tehran's nuclear program, hardline neoconservatives in the United States, Iranian opposition leaders and...

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Increased Focus and Growing Pressure on Pakistan

While President Barack Obama's announcement last week that he will "surge" 30,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan has received all of the attention here over the past week, Pakistan appears to be looming larger than ever in Washington's strategic...

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One Step Closer to Unilateral Sanctions Against Iran

Congress has given new momentum to a bill imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran -- a move seen by many as an ineffective form of sanctions and potentially antagonistic against valuable U.S. allies on the U.N. Security Council. This comes ahead of the end of the year...

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US-Iran Talks: The Road to Diplomatic Failure

The talks between the G5 plus 1 and Iran are careening toward a premature breakdown.  If they do fall apart, it will be due in large part to a serious diplomatic miscalculation by the Obama administration.  Along with and its European allies, the Obama seized on a...

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Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 3 Iraqis Killed; 11 Iraqis Wounded

Updated at 3:59 p.m. EST, Dec. 10, 2009 Although only three Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded in the latest reports, there were other significant developments coming out of Iraq. Tuesday’s bloody bombings in Baghdad continued to dominate the news from various angles, but the closing of Camp Ashraf could soon take the attack’s place in the headlines. One U.S. soldier was also killed as U.S. Secretary Gates dropped in on Iraqi officials.
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An Open Letter to The Norwegian Nobel Committee

On December 10, you will award the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama, citing "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people." We the undersigned are distressed that President Obama, so close...

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