Graham Allison

As Washington antics undermine our confidence in government, it is instructive to think back 20 years to challenges a President and Congress faced in December, 1991. President George H. W. Bush was finishing the 3rd year of his first term, exhausted by the international avalanche that began shortly after he...

President Obama should announce immediately full U.S. support for a British-French led No Fly Zone over Libya. He should express confidence in the British and French to organize and conduct this military operation with the backing of their colleagues in the 27-nation European Union and NATO. The US should stand...

Though the outcome of the presidential election in Russia was a foregone conclusion, many questions remain about when and how which powers will be transferred from whom to whom.

Partial answers to some of the questions about Russia's presidential succession are provided in the March 7 article in The Moscow...

In August 2007, Iran and the IAEA agreed to a work plan that included questions Iran was to answer by the end of the year. Once these final questions were answered, it was understood that Iran's nuclear file would be closed. The December 2007 NIE, however, raised new questions about...

As speculation swirls around Israel's air-strike against a site deep inside Syria that is reported to have received nuclear weapons-related material from North Korea, the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear program resume in Beijing today. The most important and urgent message the US should be sending to Kim...

The essence of Greek tragedy is that protagonists move inexorably to a climax the audience can anticipate before the characters discover their fate. As the curtain rises for Washington's battle over Iraq, Congressional leaders must reject the role President Bush has scripted for them in his Iraq tragedy. Otherwise, in...

The top line at Davos this year is euphoria about the performance of global economies and financial markets and confidence that 2007 will bring more of the same. Beneath the surface optimism, however, a deeper unease has emerged repeatedly about Iran--and specifically about Iran's nuclear bomb.

However the war...

What should be our objective in the case of Iran? No Iranian nuclear bomb. Relative to a nuclear-armed Iran, all other issues are subordinate.

The same cascade of centrifuges Iran seeks for "peaceful purposes" -- producing low-enriched fuel for reactors -- could also produce highly-enriched uranium to fuel nuclear bombs....