A photo released by the official website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday shows Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, right, looking at what Iranian officials say is an American RQ-170 Sentinel high-altitude reconnaissance drone that crashed in Iran. Revolutionary Guards, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
What To Do About Iran -- Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard
Thomas Donnelly, Danielle Pletka, and Maseh Zarif of the American Enterprise Institute have an important (and timely!) report on Iran, titled "Containing and Deterring a Nuclear Iran: Questions for Strategy, Requirements for Military Forces."
"The report is very much an acknowledgment of the very real possibility of failure of the strategy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and any responsible party should recognize that failure is an option. There's been a huge disservice done by all who have spent their lives in denial of that possibility," Pletka reportedly told Josh Rogin. "Whenever you devise a strategy for what happens before a country gets a nuclear weapon, you should have a strategy for what happens after they get one as well."
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The Importance Of Sanctioning Iran's Central Bank -- Ilan Berman, Forbes
Obama's Brinksmanship on Iran -- James Lewis, American Thinker
Syria isn't Libya: Obama must consider bolder intervention -- Michael Silverman, Christian science Monitor
Bashar al-Assad Isn't Going Anywhere (Voluntarily) -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
Obama’s Israel problem -- Washington Times editorial
U.S. and Turkey find a relationship that works -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Fear of China pushes Burma (Myanmar) out of isolation -- John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor
North Korea's new course -- Robert Carlin and John W. Lewis, L.A. Times
Washington Destabilizes Asia-Pacific Region -- Michael D. Swaine, National Interest
Famine as a Weapon: It's Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan -- George Clooney and John Prendergast, Time
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Importance Of Sanctioning Iran's Central Bank -- Ilan Berman, Forbes
Obama's Brinksmanship on Iran -- James Lewis, American Thinker
Syria isn't Libya: Obama must consider bolder intervention -- Michael Silverman, Christian science Monitor
Bashar al-Assad Isn't Going Anywhere (Voluntarily) -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
Obama’s Israel problem -- Washington Times editorial
U.S. and Turkey find a relationship that works -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Fear of China pushes Burma (Myanmar) out of isolation -- John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor
North Korea's new course -- Robert Carlin and John W. Lewis, L.A. Times
Washington Destabilizes Asia-Pacific Region -- Michael D. Swaine, National Interest
Famine as a Weapon: It's Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan -- George Clooney and John Prendergast, Time
Syria isn't Libya: Obama must consider bolder intervention -- Michael Silverman, Christian science Monitor
Bashar al-Assad Isn't Going Anywhere (Voluntarily) -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
Obama’s Israel problem -- Washington Times editorial
U.S. and Turkey find a relationship that works -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Fear of China pushes Burma (Myanmar) out of isolation -- John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor
North Korea's new course -- Robert Carlin and John W. Lewis, L.A. Times
Washington Destabilizes Asia-Pacific Region -- Michael D. Swaine, National Interest
Famine as a Weapon: It's Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan -- George Clooney and John Prendergast, Time
Hobbling the Fight Against Terrorism -- New York Times editorial
Wary China Won't Be Savior In Euro Zone Debt Crisis -- Doug Tsuruoka, Investors.com
Europe 2.0? -- Washington Post editorial
How EU debt bomb could crater your retirement -- Jill Schlesinger, CBS
Is This the Last Chance to Save the Euro? -- Leo Cendrowicz, Time
Oil-Rich America? Vast new energy reserves will have staggering repercussions. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Bashar al-Assad Isn't Going Anywhere (Voluntarily) -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
Obama’s Israel problem -- Washington Times editorial
U.S. and Turkey find a relationship that works -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Fear of China pushes Burma (Myanmar) out of isolation -- John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor
North Korea's new course -- Robert Carlin and John W. Lewis, L.A. Times
Washington Destabilizes Asia-Pacific Region -- Michael D. Swaine, National Interest
Famine as a Weapon: It's Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan -- George Clooney and John Prendergast, Time
Hobbling the Fight Against Terrorism -- New York Times editorial
Wary China Won't Be Savior In Euro Zone Debt Crisis -- Doug Tsuruoka, Investors.com
Europe 2.0? -- Washington Post editorial
How EU debt bomb could crater your retirement -- Jill Schlesinger, CBS
Is This the Last Chance to Save the Euro? -- Leo Cendrowicz, Time
Oil-Rich America? Vast new energy reserves will have staggering repercussions. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO