Blog Posts

The Baghdad Talks and the Politics of Inflexibility

Paul R. Pillar | May 23, 2012
Iran has shown flexibility. But the P5+1 powers seem willing to take without giving.

535 Secretaries of State

Ted Galen Carpenter | May 23, 2012
Congress running foreign policy. The president usurping war powers. This is not what the Founding Fathers intended.

Negotiations with Iran: What Has Changed?

Justin Logan | May 22, 2012
There's little cause for optimism as a new round of nuclear talks begins.

Spinning Up For Baghdad

Paul R. Pillar | May 17, 2012
As P5+1 negotations with Iran approach, the contingent counting on their failure grows louder.

Speaking Truth to Power in Israel

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 29, 2012
Israeli national-security professionals are speaking out against Netanyahu's policies. Washington should listen.

An Agenda for Negotiating with North Korea

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 23, 2012
Washington should focus on getting the Kim regime to stop short of actually deploying an arsenal.

Wiping Out

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 22, 2012
How the public mind turns foreign leaders' off-the-cuff remarks into exaggerated threats.

The Long Road of Negotiations

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 15, 2012
Troublesome allies and domestic naysayers threaten to derail fledgling talks with Iran.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy on Iran

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 12, 2012
If no deal is reached in Istanbul, it will say no more about Iranian obduracy—although that will be the focus of countless commentaries—than about our own.

Nuking a Straw Man

The Editors | Apr 11, 2012

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