Iran
A Tale of Two Diasporas
Iraqi exiles were gung-ho to overthrow Saddam. So why are Iranian-Americans so keen on dialogue with the mullahs who rule Iran?
BY REZA MARASHI | JANUARY 19, 2012
Radioactive Politics
Why President Obama might be in serious trouble when it comes to his handling of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
BY SCOTT CLEMENT | JANUARY 18, 2012
Threats and Promises
Do Obama’s red lines with Iran and others really mean “or else”?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 13, 2012
False Flag
A series of CIA memos describes how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies to recruit members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight their covert war against Iran.
BY MARK PERRY | JANUARY 13, 2012
The 20 Percent Solution
Iran's provocative uranium-enrichment program is at the center of its confrontation with the West. It's also, potentially, the way out.
BY OLLI HEINONEN | JANUARY 11, 2012
Iran's Kamikaze Hormuz Threat
Will Tehran really shut off one of the world’s most important oil chokepoints? Only if it is truly desperate.
BY AFSHON OSTOVAR | JANUARY 9, 2012
Fighting Words
Mitt Romney and the GOP hopefuls sure like to talk tough about Iran’s nuclear threat. But if one of them wins in November, it’ll mean he'll have to walk the walk.
BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JANUARY 6, 2012
Who’s Sanctioning Whom?
Is the United States really upping the pressure on Iran, or just hurting itself?
BY ROBIN MILLS | DECEMBER 23, 2011
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!
What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.
BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011
The Last Prisoner
The fate of a senior Hezbollah commander captured in Iraq raises questions about what the United States accomplished in Mesopotamia -- and the future of its shadow war with Iran.
BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | DECEMBER 16, 2011
Game Change
From reciprocal nuclear reductions to making nice with Iran, 5 bold moves that could change the world.
BY STEPHEN M. WALT | DECEMBER 13, 2011
Next Year, in Review
From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011
Iran Has America's Super Spy Drone. So What?
Getting caught every once in a while is all part of the intelligence game.
BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 9, 2011
Chasing the Dragon in Tehran
Behind its façade of Muslim piety, Iran is one of the most drug-addled countries in the world.
BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | NOVEMBER 18, 2011
The Nuclear Options
Barack Obama's Iran policy is frustrating, slow-moving, and fraught with uncertainty. But have you taken a look at the alternatives?
BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Ayatollah for a Day
I war-gamed an Israeli strike on Iran -- and it got ugly.
BY KARIM SADJADPOUR | NOVEMBER 10, 2011
Atomic Dreams
With new evidence that Iran’s nuclear weapons program is gaining steam, the Islamic Republic is once again in the world’s crosshairs.
BY MARK HIBBS | NOVEMBER 9, 2011
The Persian Incursion
What I learned as the armchair general of a paper Israeli air force.
BY MICHAEL PECK | NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Trouble over Tehran
Five reasons that Israel and the United States might want to think long and hard about preemptively striking Iran's nuclear facilities.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011
China’s Iranian Gambit
Beijing is using the Islamic Republic to foil American interests in the Middle East. It's time we wised up to this dangerous game.
BY MICHAEL SINGH, JACQUELINE NEWMYER DEAL | OCTOBER 31, 2011
Plausible Culpability
Don't be so quick to dismiss Iran's bumbling assassination plot -- it's likely that it was green-lighted at the highest levels. And not responding forcefully is an invitation for more attacks.
BY DANIEL BYMAN | OCTOBER 28, 2011
U.N. Rips Iran's Human Rights Record in New Report
An important reminder that the Islamic Republic's greatest victims are its own citizens.
BY BARBARA SLAVIN | OCTOBER 17, 2011
City Of Clichés
Why it's so hard to take an original photo in Tehran.
BY ROLAND ELLIOTT BROWN | OCTOBER 14, 2011
Prisoner's Dilemma
Now is the time for the Obama administration to renew its efforts to engage with Iran.
BY ALEX FATTAL | OCTOBER 14, 2011
The LWOT: U.S. accuses Iranians of assassination plot
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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 14, 2011
This Week at War: Waiting for the First Punch
Why the U.S. won't pre-emptively attack Iran.
BY ROBERT HADDICK | OCTOBER 14, 2011
Worst. Plot. Ever.
If Iran really is behind a plan to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, its capabilities and strategic acumen are far less impressive than anything we've seen thus far.
BY AFSHON OSTOVAR | OCTOBER 13, 2011
The Iranian Connection
What's the link between the plot to bomb the Saudi ambassador and the Gilad Shalit release deal? Iran's looking weak -- and that's scary.
BY MARTIN INDYK | OCTOBER 12, 2011
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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