Trading missile defense based in Poland and the Czech Republic for greater Russian cooperation on the Nunn-Lugar program.
"Operation Bite" never came to be, but the surfacing of a potential American strike on Iran in the international press reveals the contradictory impulses at play in dealing with Tehran.
When tensions are high, intentions are unclear and forces mobilized for battle, the possibility of an accidental incident are high.
The intensified military buildup in the Persian Gulf poses dangers for escalation, both inadvertent and deliberate, around the Iran crisis.
This is Bush’s one last chance to show tangible success in Iraq before his hand is folded for him.
General William Odom, former director of the National Security Agency, gives his perspective of Bush’s State of the Union address and the president’s plan for Iraq and the Middle East.
Though they come from different political parties, oddly enough, two of President Bush’s most powerful critics call Old Dominion home.
The president added flourish last night on his central strategy for Iraq, but this central reality holds true: Iraqi forces are “standing up”, but they are fighting for militias—and against our troops.
The energy initiatives proposed in last night’s State of the Union may sound progressive, but their cumulative impact leaves much to be desired.
With an eye to the Iraq Study Group recommendations, David Rivkin and Ian Bremmer discuss the value of opening dialogue with hostile regimes.