Real Iran splits and the myth of division

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka

Descent into Chaos

[caption id="attachment_55233151" align="alignnone" width="548"] Rebels calling the assault on the capital 'Operation Damascus Volcano'[/caption] As the international community’s efforts to resolve…

Andrew Bowen

Shared Values

[caption id="attachment_55233129" align="alignnone" width="555"] Donald Rumsfeld greets Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi in 2002[/caption] The lynchpin of America’s military empire is its…

Stephen Glain

Libya’s Wild Card

When Mr. Mohammed Al-Sowan, head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Justice and Development party, told me with surprising confidence last week that Libya’s Islamist parties would emerge with a majority…

Jacqueline Shoen

For Every Action

[caption id="attachment_55233113" align="alignnone" width="620"] Hillary Clinton meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem [/caption] About the only principal of physics I remember from…

Stephen Glain

Reading Putin

[caption id="attachment_55233050" align="alignnone" width="620"] Vladimir Putin[/caption] On Monday during the Syrian National Council’s visit to Moscow, Vladimir Putin’s remarks to the diplomatic…

Andrew Bowen

Libya-in-Waiting

[caption id="attachment_55233017" align="alignright" width="620"] Libyan national electoral commission workers watch as the election results come out[/caption] Election Day in Tripoli was…

Jacqueline Shoen

In His Father's Shadow

[caption id="attachment_55232991" align="alignleft" width="620"] The president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani[/caption] Massoud Barzani came into the world in unique…

Bryan R. Gibson

A Meat-Axe to Grind

[caption id="attachment_55232972" align="alignnone" width="620"]US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta[/caption] American military might is so great, and it has been expanding for so long, that orders of…

Stephen Glain

Above the Law

[caption id="attachment_55232921" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan Justice and Construction supporters during a Libyan National Assembly Campaign rally at Martyrs Square[/caption] Libya is…

Jacqueline Shoen