We Must Shift the Focus of the Middle East’s Problems away from the U.S.-Iran Standoff
Seeking stability in the Middle East must start with putting the security and needs of people across the region first.
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.