Iran is on the brink of attaining a nuclear weapons capability. The U.S. should immediately put in place the foundations of a strategy to dissuade Tehran from attaining a nuclear weapon through diplomacy, disarm it through military force, or establish a robust framework of augmented deterrence to mitigate the threat posed by a nuclear Iran and prevent a future disaster from unfolding.
The Sino-Russian partnership hits a speed bump;
Kuril islands to remain a contested issue
When President Obama delivers his long-awaited speech in Egypt on Thursday, he will be fulfilling his inaugural pledge to "seek a new way forward" with the Muslim world. But finding areas of mutual interest may prove far more difficult than the president imagines. That is because, in recent years, the Middle East has seen the crystallization of regional politics around two distinct ideologies. Call it the new bipolarity.
Beijing praises U.S. action against Uighur separatists;
DPP warming to better relations with the mainland
The politics of Iran's nuclear program;
Iran in Iraq: plus ca change;
Negotiating, with eyes open;
Defiant in Tehran