Sanctions, the coercive weapon of choice in the international arena, vary in effectiveness. While they are never ideal, Iran may give us no alternative.
AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions on Iran as lawmakers cast doubt on Iran's willingness to respond to diplom...
Christian Science Monitor | Posted 12.15.2009 | World
The seizure at Bangkok's airport of 35 tons of North Korean arms being shipped by plane raises a disturbing question: How many weapons is North Korea ...
Jamal Abdi | Posted 12.14.2009 | World
Congress' newest incarnation of sanctions, just like the Iran sanctions of the past two decades, will be meaningless in changing Iranian behavior but will contribute immensely to the suffering of innocent Iranians.
Patrick Barry | Posted 12.09.2009 | World
While sanctions are a useful diplomatic instrument and congressional pressure can send an important signal that U.S. patience with Iran is not limited, now is not the time for unilateral action.
Sam Black | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
The former head of the international nuclear watchdog, IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, has left his successor, Yukiya Amano of Japan, with an underfunded and politically charged agency.
Daniel Wagner | Posted 11.27.2009 | World
The impact of Iran's economic plight on the nuclear negotiation process is likely to be severe. As the government reckons with its unfolding economic reality, its inclination will be to reject any meaningful nuclear oversight.
David Elliott | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
Just like June 12 and the weeks that followed changed our notions about the Iranian people, it's time for the U.S. Congress to change its approach to Iran.
Salam Al Marayati | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics
Implementing sanctions against Iran would play right into the hands of the theocracy. By imposing sanctions, the US will hand the Iranian government a card it does not have at this time--blaming the increase of prices on foreign powers.
New York Times | William J. Broad And David E. Sanger | Posted 12.03.2009 | World
Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired "sufficient information to ...
William Bradley | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
There was some good progress in Thursday's international negotiation sessions with Iran. But anyone who imagines the problem is solved is quite delusional.
Alan Dershowitz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
It seems clear in retrospect, as it seemed clear to me at the time, that those who released the deeply flawed 2007 report of Iran abandoning its nuclear weapons program had a political agenda.
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
It's not Obama's fault that Iraq and Afghanistan happened, but it will be his fault if he rushes into a threat-laden, pseudo-engagement with Iran at this historical crossroads in US-Iran relations.
Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 11.29.2009 | World
Why is China so hesitant to support sanctions against Iran? History, geo-politics and economic ties are what set China apart from its Security Council brethren.
AP | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home
UNITED NATIONS — North Korea says it will strengthen its nuclear arsenal if new sanctions are imposed because of its weapons program. Pak Kil Y...
The New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 11.27.2009 | World
The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a ...
Laura Carlsen | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
The U.S. State Department has not issued a formal statement to Congress acknowledging the military coup in Honduras. Millions in U.S. money continue to flow to the coup regime.
AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
BERLIN — Germany and France on Monday reinforced a call for Iran to respond to concerns about its nuclear program in September or face tougher s...
Mark Fowler | Posted 09.17.2009 | World
The only real chance for success in reaching out to Iran is to implement a carefully crafted strategy of engagement and containment. Call it a policy of "entainment," if you will.
Laura Carlsen | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
The coup-controlled Honduran press is having a heyday with the Obama remarks. La Tribuna has a picture of Obama on the front page with the headline "Hypocrisy to Call for Intervention in Honduras"
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 08.30.2009 | World
-+ WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday imposed financial sanctions on a North Korean firm accused of involvement in the country's ...
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home
By maintaining that the regime must be isolated and that Burma must be the target of stringent sanctions only helps the junta reverse further into mad "behind-the-wall" strategies.
Jake Colvin | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
Restricting travel to Cuba severely limits the positive impact Americans can have abroad through everyday activities and interactions.
Russ Wellen | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
While visiting Japan and Indonesia in February, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admitted that 14 years of U.S. sanctions on Burma have made little impact on its ruling junta.
Jillian York | Posted 05.19.2009 | World
LinkedIn is making a political point against Syria - and when people in other countries start boycotting this site, they'll realize they've shot themselves in the foot.
Russ Wellen | Posted 12.17.2009 | World