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Commentary

The Risk of Blurring the Red Lines

Amitai Etzioni | Apr 26, 2013
Going back on declarations inclines others to test U.S. resolve.

Tehran's Almaty Opening

Mehrun Etebari | Apr 12, 2013
The Iranian press was unusually optimistic about the failed Kazakh negotiations. That hints at space for agreement.

Big Hurdles Ahead for Arms Control

Steven Pifer | Apr 09, 2013
Obama will have trouble fully realizing the goals he set in Prague four years ago.
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Essays

Anatomy of a Farce

Adam Garfinkle | Jun 01, 1998
U.S. diplomacy in the Persian Gulf region has created a no-win proposition whose dangers far transcend the local security environment

Blogs

State the Objective of the Iran Talks

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 08, 2013
Simple, cost-free steps could give the Iranians reason to make positive moves of their own.

Netanyahu Dumbs It Down

Paul R. Pillar | Sep 28, 2012
What the Israeli prime minister hoped to gain with his cartoonish props at the UN General Assembly.

Welcome Sanity on Iran

Robert Golan-Vilella | Aug 21, 2012
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Books & Reviews

Gambling with the Fate of the World

H. W. Brands | Oct 24, 2012
Why has there been no World War III? A new tome probes the Cold War policy most relevant to this puzzle—Eisenhower’s doctrine of “massive retaliation” threatening a nuclear response against conventional threats.

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