How the killing of Iran’s top general squandered US leverage in Iraq today
Washington’s decision to take out Soleimani in Baghdad ruined its chances for playing a role in mitigating a serious crisis there now.
Washington’s decision to take out Soleimani in Baghdad ruined its chances for playing a role in mitigating a serious crisis there now.
Tehran vowed to purge American influence from the region. On that score, their record is decidedly mixed.
It’s an inside story of how Congress failed to hold the executive branch accountable for a big misstep in US foreign policy.
One year ago, the murder of Qassem Soleimani sparked a tit-for-tat that ended up killing 176 innocent civilians.
The anniversary of Iranian Gen. Soleimani’s murder demands we take a hard look at why it was done, and the justification for it.
Seeking stability in the Middle East must start with putting the security and needs of people across the region first.
Cotton’s slur against NIAC has nothing to do with curbing foreign influence and everything to do with trying to discredit a voice that has pointed out the futility of Cotton’s preferred policy on Iran of nothing but punishment, isolation, and the threat of war.
This is classic McCarthyism: alleging or insinuating, on the basis of no good evidence, that Americans whose political views you dislike are acting in the service of a foreign power.
Israel played no public role in Qassem Soleimani’s death but it sees an opportunity.
With parliamentary elections upcoming, most analysts in Iran believe they will favor hard-line forces associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
There’s a reason why President Ford ended American-sponsored assassination as act of U.S. policy.
And as long as U.S. forces stay in Iraq, Baghdad and Tehran have a reason to stay close.
The memory of the 1979 hostage crisis, and the visceral feeling of humiliation and rage it inspired, plainly colors Trump’s views on Iran today.
If Iranian military and political leaders learn the right lessons from this incident, they will implement the long overdue reform of Iran’s political, economic, and administrative structures.
It is in the interest of the region, Europe, and the world to help Iran succeed in managing the economic fallout from Trump’s sanctions.
Can we breathe easy or have we merely paused to catch our collective breath before resuming the climb up the escalation ladder?
If there is a silver lining, it is that Washington and Teheran have moved away from the brink of war and have opted to take the de-escalation off-ramps they offered each other since Soleimani’s killing.
Individuals outside Iran who are advocating for an aggressive intervention or a war against Iran are primarily driven by their own ideological convictions, rather than by genuine care for the wellbeing of the people of Iran.
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani emphasizes America’s confounding inability to think through the role of military force as an instrument of strategy.
Ultimately, negotiations, dialogue, and engagement remain the real pathway out of the decades-long conflict between the United States and Iran.
Like people of color and those of different religions or genders, women experience different challenges and can face greater obstacles to progress — particularly in security-focused careers and institutions that are male-dominated.