U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif have built a personal trust that has enabled diplomacy to begin overcoming decades of distrust, but this promising U.S.-Iranian relationship remains fragile and could disappear once a new…
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Toward a More Subtle US Foreign Policy
Will Reckless Saudis Seek War with Iran?
Diplomatic Sanity Prevails with Iran
Before President Obama’s State of the Union Address, U.S. cable news blasted out bulletins about Iran seizing American sailors, as Obama’s critics blasted him. But the U.S. intrusion into Iranian waters was quickly explained and the sailors returned, a sign of…
Surprised by Erratic Erdogan
Not Taking Sides in Saudi-Iran Fights
Saudi Arabia’s Dangerous Decline
Neocons Protest US Spying on Israel
U.S. neocons are livid over a report that U.S. intelligence spied on Israeli efforts to sabotage the Iran nuclear talks, though they are curiously silent on evidence that Israel spies on the U.S. Ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar says it would be…