Iran

With Friends Like These…

How the sanctions might hurt America's potential allies inside Iran.

BY DJAVAD SALEHI-ISFAHANI | OCTOBER 12, 2012

Red Lines in the Sand

Israel's credibility problem on Iran.

BY GRAHAM ALLISON | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Will Iran Weather the Economic Storm?

The depreciation of the rial is unlikely to change Iran's foreign-policy calculations.

BY PATRICK CLAWSON | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Is Iraq an Iranian Proxy?

Inquiring minds want to know.

BY SAFA AL-SHEIKH, EMMA SKY | OCTOBER 11, 2012

China's Oil Investment Is Not a Threat

The Chinese purchase of a Canadian oil company is something U.S. officials should welcome, not fear.

BY ERICA DOWNS | OCTOBER 10, 2012

The Sanctions Conundrum

Some say the sanctions against Tehran are working. But wasn't the Iranian economy already a basket case?

BY PETER PASSELL | OCTOBER 9, 2012

Enough Already

When it comes to Israel, neither Obama nor Romney is as good or bad as American Jews think.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 9, 2012

A Truly Credible Military Threat to Iran

The Israelis and the Americans are zeroing in on a strike option that has a real chance of deterring the mullahs -- and defusing Mitt Romney's attacks.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | OCTOBER 8, 2012

Like Every Day

Shadi Ghadirian's unique take on the inner lives of Iranian women.

NOVEMBER 2012

The 50-50 Club

Why pundits love splitting the difference on their predictions.

NOVEMBER 2012

The Rial World

No, the Iran sanctions are not working.

BY YOUSAF BUTT | OCTOBER 5, 2012

Inside Bibi's Bunker

How Israel's prime minister is stacking his cabinet for a strike on Iran.

BY CHUCK FREILICH | OCTOBER 4, 2012

The Real Reason Energy Traders Are Losing Sleep

This time, it's Western politicians, not Arabian sheikhs, who are roiling the oil markets.

BY BLAKE CLAYTON | OCTOBER 4, 2012

Battle in the Bazaar

It's no wonder protesters in Iran head for the marketplace.

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The Case for Humility

Why Israel and the United States should keep their disagreements to themselves.

BY DAVID MAKOVSKY | OCTOBER 2, 2012

President Kennedy vs. the Mullahs

What the Cuban Missile Crisis can teach us about stopping Iran.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | OCTOBER 1, 2012

The Great Persian Firewall

Should we care that Iran just turned off Google?

BY ART KELLER | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The Entebbe Option

How the U.S. military thinks Israel might strike Iran.

BY MARK PERRY | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Terrorists No More

An Iranian group's lobbying campaign to get removed from the U.S. list of terror organizations looks to be a success. But what does that say about the state of politics in Washington?

BY DANIELLE PLETKA | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Eight Ways to Deal With Iran

The Iranian nuclear program is a complex threat to international peace and stability. In this ambitious paper, former national security advisor Stephen J. Hadley says that stopping it requires an equally complex and sophisticated strategy.

BY STEPHEN J. HADLEY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Smart Sanctions

Actually, Obama's Iran policy is working great.

BY ALIREZA NADER | SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

How to Save the Regime in Tehran

Shirin Ebadi, Iran's leading human rights activist, explains why on attack on the country's nuclear program is just what the mullahs have been yearning for.

BY NAZILA FATHI | SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Breakfast with Ahmadinejad

Iran's president meets the press.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

What Is Iran Doing in Syria?

The reason the Quds Force is talking about supporting Bashar al-Assad.

BY ALI ALFONEH | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Red Lines over Iran

Mitt Romney has adopted Benjamin Netanyahu's dangerous timetable for war.

BY SAMUEL R. BERGER | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Red Line, Green Light

Are we ready for the coming Iranian terror wave?

BY DANIEL BYMAN | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Report Card

Can the International Atomic Energy Agency stop a war with Iran?

BY MARK HIBBS | AUGUST 31, 2012

Sound and Sensible

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy would echo the best of America’s bipartisan traditions. But the desperate Obama caricature of it is just a sad indication of how much the president has failed.

BY PETER D. FEAVER | AUGUST 30, 2012

Confederacy of Dunces

What the meeting in Tehran says about America's standing in the Middle East.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | AUGUST 29, 2012

The Talkfest in Tehran

Should Americans really worry about the Non-Aligned Movement, a relic of the Cold War whose purpose is no longer clear?

BY DAVID BOSCO | AUGUST 27, 2012