Change in Washington will not meet change in Tehran after all — at least not yet.
Hopes for a new and more open leadership in Iran were dashed by the victory of the hardliners in last …
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President Obama’s ambitious agenda to revive Ronald Reagan’s vision of a world free of nuclear weapons drew significant support in the last month from two major bipartisan groups. Both the …
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Restoring the American economy and leading a global revival. A responsible withdrawal from Iraq. A new and revised strategy for Afghanistan. A way to prevent Pakistan from falling apart.
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Recent developments in Iraq remind us that terrible instability can return in short order despite encouraging signs and limited steps toward reconciliation between warring Sunni and Shiite forces. …
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As if they don't have enough on their plate, the leaders of President Obama's national security team are obliged to produce a new national security strategy by mid-year.
Administrations since …
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Fifty-five American diplomats held hostage for 444 days in Tehran (1981). A CIA-led overthrow of a democratic Iranian government (1953).
Iranian complicity in terrorist bombings of Marine barracks …
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A former Secretary of State traveled to London, Moscow and Jerusalem years ago, and decided to buy a new suit in one city, according to a marvelous anecdote in Aaron Miller’s excellent memoir, “The Much Too Promised Land.”
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As usual, the national political conventions pulsed with harsh rhetoric and wild claims. But both parties and their candidates shed little light on the most important single qualification that’s needed to bring this country out of the dark passage of George W. Bush: leadership.
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