IRAN COVER STORIES Iran and a region of rising instability “An arc of crisis stretches along the shores of the Indian Ocean, with fragile social and political structures in a region of vital importance to us threatened with fragmentation. The resulting political chaos could well be filled by elements hostile to our values and sympathetic to our adversaries.” —Zbigniew Brzezinski In the broadest and grandest of measurements, this crisis crescent envisioned by President Carter's National Security Adviser reaches all the way from Indochina to southern Africa.
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Obama’s Next Mission: Talk to Enemies, Don’t Kill Them
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama made two shocking breaches of foreign policy establishment etiquette.
Andrea Riccardi
PERSUADER Some call it the United Nations in Trastevere.
Cheney: Obama seems ‘afraid’ to make decision on Afghanistan
After dialing back his attacks on President Obama’s foreign policy, former Vice President Dick Cheney says the administration has damaged U.S.
Commentary: When Nobel Prize rewarded failure
Did President Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
NATO chief suggests Russian missile defense partnership
Russia, the United States and NATO should consider linking their missile defense systems in Europe, the NATO chief said Friday. “Both NATO and Russia have a wealth of experience in missile defense,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen said