Obama in the Thicket of "Afghaniranistan"
Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.
Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.
William Bradley | Posted 09.30.2009 | World
There's a point in the Iran situation where semantics come into play. Is Iran on a path to nuclear weapons-capable technology? Yes. Is it producing nuclear weapons? No. Does it intend to produce nuclear weapons?
William Bradley | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
Eight years since 9/11. It feels like 18 years, if not 80. So much has changed since then, yet so much is still the same.
William Bradley | Posted 09.05.2009 | World
It's been two months since Obama delivered his address to the Muslim world in Cairo, promising a new era of respect and engagement. How's his opening to the Muslim world going so far?
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World
The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.
Keith Thomson | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
I would guess that in the past year, there were more regime-change-in-Iran plots floated by members of the intelligence community than there are Iranians.
Steve Posner | Posted 05.14.2009 | World
Egyptian security forces have launched a series of raids against Lebanese Hezbollah militants operating in Egypt. The Hezbollah agents were attempting...
Keith Thomson | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
I recently asked an intelligence source: what's being done to thwart Iran? His answer: penetration of the Iranian nuclear apparatus at the highest levels. The CIA is trying. The Mossad is more successful.
William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2009 | World