Iran Nuclear Weapons

Americans Don't Know: There's a Plan on the Table to Resolve the Nuclear Standoff with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home


Robert Naiman

What those promoting military attacks on Iran don't want Americans to know is that there's an offer on the table that could resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program and allow both sides to claim victory.

A Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind: Iran Literacy Quiz

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home


Robert Naiman

Since it doesn't look like Washington has any intention of swearing off its bombing addiction anytime soon, in the spirit of '76, I offer the following quiz for the edification of the general public.

How to Avoid an Israeli-Iranian War

Trita Parsi | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home


Trita Parsi

A military attack on Iran would not only lead to Iran opting out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it would kill the Iranian pro-democracy movement.

Artificial Dissemination

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home


Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Reading The Kingmakers evokes feelings not dissimilar to watching Mike Gravel during debates: you sympathize with him, but can't help concluding that he's a few bricks short of a load.

Israel's Peace Offensive

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home


Alon Ben-Meir

As the dynamics in the Middle East shift in response to Iraq and Iran's nuclear movements, Israel has conceded that peace with Syria holds the key to rapprochement with the rest of the Arab world.

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Turns 40 Today

Tad Daley | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home


Tad Daley

40 years ago today, our government committed itself to negotiate the elimination of its entire nuclear arsenal. And, in conjunction with the other nuclear weapon states, to abolish nuclear weapons forever.

Memo to the Progressive Community on Iran

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home


Ilan Goldenberg

For the past eight years we have pursued an incoherent approach that fails to focus clearly on U.S. interests and does not effectively use all of the tools of power available.

Are Congressional Democrats Leading Us to War with Iran?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


Sarah van Gelder

Until recently, the power struggle within the Bush administration over whether to attack Iran seemed to be going badly for the hawks. Their disastrous...

Israel's Nukes: A Response

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home


Amitai Etzioni

I consider Israel's commitment not to be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East as sheer PR. However, Israel's offer to give up all nukes should not be ignored.

Sorry, Sanctions Will Not Do

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home


Amitai Etzioni

It's easy to understand why politicians love sanctions. They sound tough. They're more than just talk but less than dreaded acts of war. But historically in U.S. policy, sanctions often do not work.

Israelis: Eat a Pistachio, Make an Iranian A-Bomb

Richard Silverstein | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home


Richard Silverstein

The new U.S. Ambassador to Israel has gotten all worked up over the fact that Israel is violating its own laws against trading with the Iranian enemy by eating Iranian pistachios. I kid you not.

Seth Colter Walls

McCain Adviser: Common Ground With Obama On Nukes Is At "90 Percent"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home


"Campaigns are about contrasts," or so goes the election-year cliche. But it seems someone forgot to tell that to the surrogates for Barack Obama and...

CON GAMES: "Nucons" Drink New Coke Of Conservatism

Michael Conniff | Posted 06.14.2008 | Home


Michael Conniff

We all know the neoconservatives would stop at nothing -- war, famine, pestilence -- to have their way in the Middle East based on a philosophy resist...

Thankgiving Day in Iran

Robert Mackey | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home


Robert Mackey

Originally posted on my own blog in May. I've been pondering lately the whole bruhaha over Iran's nuclear program. I like to think of it as my "Tha...

Only Boston Knows: Feinstein, Hagel Say International Enrichment in Iran Should Be Explored

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home


Robert Naiman

Among American newspapers, only the Boston Globe, apparently, thinks its readers might be interested to know that there is a proposal on the table tha...

Are Iran and Israel Destined to be Enemies?

Trita Parsi | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home


Trita Parsi

The key to tempering the Israeli-Iranian rivalry -- at least the Iranian side of it -- lies in playing Iran's ideological and strategic interests against each other.

Europe Has Given Up On Getting Bush To Cut Emissions

Reuters | Jeremy Pelofsky and Zoran Radosavljevic | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home


BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - President George W. Bush opened a farewell European summit on Tuesday, aiming to work with allies to increase pressure on I...

Europe Has Given Up On Getting Bush To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Reuters | Jeremy Pelofsky and Zoran Radosavljevic | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home


BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - President George W. Bush opened a farewell European summit on Tuesday, aiming to work with allies to increase pressure on I...

Irrational Leaders and Nuclear Arms: A Response

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home


Amitai Etzioni

Allowing authoritarian regimes to be subject only to internal challenges in exchange for deproliferation and ending the support for terrorism is less bitter than it seems.

Iran Accepted Pickering's Enrichment Proposal: Did Anyone Notice?

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home


Robert Naiman

Iran appears to have shifted to a public diplomacy strategy; instead of simply making proposals to US officials which they expect will be ignored, they are attempting to speak directly to the US public.

Why We Should Talk to Iran

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home


Ilan Goldenberg

Direct diplomacy won't necessarily solve all of our problems but it is surely better than the current failed course, and it is worth trying.

Mr. Kinzer Goes to Washington, Seeking Real Diplomacy with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home


Robert Naiman

With regards to Iran, there is a consensus that the choices for the U.S. are diplomacy or war. But as long as "diplomacy" is defined as how we can compel Iran to say "Uncle", it is nearly certain it will fail.

Never Surrender! Never?

Price Floyd | Posted 05.30.2008 | Home


Price Floyd

When McCain said, "I will never surrender in Iraq my friend. Never surrender", what did he mean by "Never"? And more importantly, what does he mean by "Surrender"?

On Deterring Iran

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home


Amitai Etzioni

I believe that many states -- Iran, among others -- have leaders who are capable of acting irrational, hence posing a serious threat both to other countries as well as to their own.

McCain's Nonproliferation Policy -- It's a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Jon Wolfsthal | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home


Jon Wolfsthal

John McCain's speech on nuclear weapons today seems to adopt the narrowest of lenses in dealing with nuclear weapons, and suggests he doesn't really get the complexity of these issues.