American Policy at a Crossroads (Fall 2012)
America’s Credibility Problem with Iran
In recent weeks, Iran has been ratcheting up pressure on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing its inspectors of spying and sabotage, and...
Lessons from Iraq for the Current Upheaval
A Libyan civilian watches as a car from the Ansar al-Shariah Brigades burns. Hundreds of Libyans raided the Brigades' base in Benghazi on September...
U.S. at a Crossroads
iF: In the Special Report that you released on the lessons from the U.S. government's failure to prevent the Fort Hood attack, you concluded...
The Obama Doctrine: Keeping Enemies Closer
When Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the committee expected he would make "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation...
The Crisis of the Obama-Israeli Alliance
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in September 2012.
When President Obama took office in January 2009, no...
The Fallacy of Pursuing Nuclear Global Zero
Refurbished Minuteman missile engines, foreground, await shipment along with Peacekeeper missile motors.
The United States faces a stark choice in the business of maintaining the...
Inconsistent Policies for the Arab Uprising
Smoke rises over the Saif al-Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria on October 2, 2012. Aleppo is on the frontline in the 19-month conflict between...
Obama and the Middle East
Four Years of Idealism
It has been a bumpy road in the Middle East during the course of Barack Obama's term in office. Nearly two...
