Posted in Raymond Tanter, Iran on May 9th, 2008 No Comments »
From Raymond Tanter
When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton declared, “That’s where the money is.” Following the money trail has led to U.S. and UN sanctions on Iranian banks involved in the financing of terrorism and WMD technology purchases.
In January 2008, as I approached Hotel Parc Hyatt Paris Vendôme at 5 Rue de la […]
Posted in Raymond Tanter, Terrorism, Iran on May 5th, 2008 No Comments »
From Raymond Tanter
On April 30, the U.S. Department of State released the 2007 edition of Country Reports on Terrorism, which reports descriptions of State Sponsors of Terrorism and groups listed as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Country Reports rightly identifies the Iranian regime as the “most active state sponsor of terrorism,” which is consistent with evidence of […]
Posted in Michael Young, Peter W. Rodman, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jon Alterman, Iran on Apr 25th, 2008 4 Comments »
From Peter W. Rodman
The idea of splitting Syria from Iran seems like a no-brainer. This is the most important strategic argument that is often made for trying to improve the U.S. relationship with Syria. The idea has been around for a long time, however—25 years or so, in fact, since the Syrian-Iranian alliance took shape […]
Posted in Russia, Chuck Freilich, Josef Joffe, Nuclear, Iran on Apr 22nd, 2008 3 Comments »
From Chuck Freilich
Is it too late to dissuade Iran from developing nukes? A nuclear Iran does increasingly loom as the likely outcome, not because it is too late, but due to lack of sufficient resolve. Iran is at least two and probably more years away from an operational capability. France has taken a firm position […]
Posted in Arab Gulf, Chuck Freilich, Michael Mandelbaum, Israel, Jacqueline Newmyer, Stephen Peter Rosen, Terrorism, Nuclear, Iran on Apr 17th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Jacqueline Newmyer and Stephen Peter Rosen
The extension of American nuclear guarantees in the Middle East has been posed as a question of American guarantees to Israel. This is understandable given the intense hostility to Israel expressed by the Iranian regime. However, there is a broader objective that may be served by U.S. nuclear guarantees […]
Posted in Arab Gulf, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Books on Apr 16th, 2008 No Comments »
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Steve A. Yetiv is a professor of political science at Old Dominion University. His new book is The Absence of Grand Strategy: The United States in the Persian […]
Posted in Alan Dowty, Harvey Sicherman, Barry Rubin, Adam Garfinkle, Nuclear, Israel, Iran on Apr 14th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Alan Dowty
So the focus shifts to deterrence. Both Charles Krauthammer (here) and Zev Chafets (here) hold out little hope for international efforts to block Iran getting the bomb, or for military action to that end (though Chafets suggests that Israel might be able “in the best case” to weaken and delay Iran’s program). […]
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