Publications

Eurasia Security Watch: No. 252

February 21, 2012

Al Qaeda in Yemen's government?;

Growing military ties between Israel and Cyprus;

Egypt indicts NGO workers;

US calls for democratic change in Kazakhstan 

Iran’s relentless nuclear quest: West’s failure to lead is forcing Israel’s hand

February 21, 2012 Ilan I. Berman Washington Times

Is an Israeli attack on Iran in the offing? Recent weeks have been rife with renewed speculation about the possibility of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program. Most famously, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reported recently that no less senior an official than Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thinks Israel could bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities by this summer.