Iran
Failure 2.0
India's big, new foreign policy idea is even worse than its last one. And that's saying something.
BY SADANAND DHUME | MARCH 16, 2012
Yes, We Can Contain Iran
By ruling out the possibility of deterring a nuclear Iran, President Obama is needlessly increasing the risks of a ruinous war.
BY WILL MARSHALL | MARCH 16, 2012
Persian Mathematics
Despite the Republican claims that Obama's Iran policy is weak-kneed, the American public generally supports his wait-and-see approach. That is, of course, unless it doesn't work.
BY SCOTT CLEMENT | MARCH 14, 2012
The Parchin Trap
Don't count on the IAEA uncovering a smoking gun at Iran's military complex.
BY MARK FITZPATRICK | MARCH 13, 2012
The Islamic World's Quiet Revolution
Forget politics. Muslim countries are poised to experience a new wave of change -- but this time it's all about demographics.
BY NICHOLAS EBERSTADT | MARCH 9, 2012
The LWOT: Attorney General says U.S. can target Americans
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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | MARCH 9, 2012
Who Said It: Bush or Obama?
When it comes to their rhetoric on Iran, there's less distance between the cowboy and the community organizer than you might think.
BY URI FRIEDMAN | MARCH 6, 2012
Iran Is the Great Distraction
Why Obama and Netanyahu are having the wrong conversation this week.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 5, 2012
Is Iran's New Spanish Channel a Threat?
Not if its inauspicious debut is any guide.
BY GIRISH GUPTA | MARCH 5, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
A Spanish festival, voting in Iran, and more violence in Syria.
MARCH 2, 2012
Between Iran and a Hard Place
Forced to choose between high gas prices and a nuclear Iran, Barack Obama could very well remake himself into a war president.
BY GAL LUFT | MARCH 1, 2012
Why Washington Is the Syrian Opposition's Next Battlefront
Syria’s opposition faces an uphill battle in its efforts to win backing from U.S. policymakers.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Grand Ayatollah or Grand Old Party?
Who said it: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei or U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum?
BY REZA ASLAN | FEBRUARY 29, 2012
The Fix Is In
Why the coming election in Iran will be the fakest one yet.
BY JAMSHEED CHOKSY | FEBRUARY 27, 2012
What Would John Adams Do About Iran?
It’s time for No. 44 to channel No. 2.
BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Stop the Reckless Spying on Muslims
The New York Police Department is out of control, and it's making Americans less safe.
BY HAROON MOGHUL | FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Friendship Under Fire
The Iranian nuclear threat will challenge Obama and Netanyahu's sometimes-rocky relationship like never before.
BY DAVID MAKOVSKY | FEBRUARY 22, 2012
The Odd Couple
Iran and al Qaeda might seem like strange bedfellows. But their relationship goes back years.
BY DANIEL BYMAN | FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Once Upon a Time in Tehran
Photos of a swinging Iran when the skirts were short, the dance was the twist, and America wasn't Enemy No. 1.
BY CARA PARKS | FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Iran Man
Rick Santorum says he's been studying Iran for a decade. But does he know what he's talking about?
BY URI FRIEDMAN | FEBRUARY 9, 2012
Canceling the Mullahs' Credit Card
How to sever Iran's financial lifeline.
BY MARK DUBOWITZ, JONATHAN SCHANZER | FEBRUARY 1, 2012
The Diaspora's Conscience
Does the National Iranian American Council have a moral obligation to speak out against the ayatollahs?
BY PETER KOHANLOO, SOHRAB AHMARI | FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Mexican Standoff
Republicans have a historic chance to win the Hispanic vote. They're shooting themselves in the foot.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 27, 2012
Why Stop There?
The Obama administration's leaner, meaner military may be still too big.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 26, 2012
Slipping Past the Censors
What controversial cinematic history can explain about Iran.
BY ABEL KEREVEL | JANUARY 23, 2012
All Silk Roads Lead to Tehran
Sanctions aren't the answer. If Washington is serious about building a new economic and security architecture across South and Central Asia, it can’t avoid working with Iran.
BY NEIL PADUKONE | JANUARY 23, 2012
Interview: Dennis Ross
Washington's guru of Middle East peace talks to Foreign Policy about whether Obama's Iran policy will backfire -- and why the Palestinian push for statehood could wreck the United Nations.
INTERVIEW BY BENJAMIN PAUKER | JANUARY 20, 2012
Stop the Madness
Despite all the hype, Iran's nuclear program has yet to violate international law. It's time to calm down, think, and above all halt the rush to war.
BY YOUSAF BUTT | JANUARY 19, 2012
Can Egypt's Islamist finance minister cut a deal with the IMF?
BY DAVID KENNER
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Odierno: Syrian rebels will prevail, but sequester makes U.S. intervention risky
BY KEVIN BARON
Time to bring the nukes back to South Korea
BY BENNETT RAMBERG
Meet Cody Wilson, the anarchist behind the world's first 3-D printed gun
BY ELIAS GROLL
Does this woman look like she'd be a good president of Bulgaria?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
U.N. investigator on Syria: Out over her skis yet again?
BY JOHN HUDSON
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