A Lull In The Drift Toward War With Iran? -- Aaron David Miller, CNN
(CNN) -- Iran reportedly agrees to U.N. inspections of its secret military sites; the Baghdad talks look potentially promising; there's talk of confidence-building measures and easing of sanctions. What's happening here? Can diplomacy actually work? Have the mullahs and Revolutionary Guard given up their pursuit of a nuclear weapon?
Let me make a prediction. Whatever the outcome of this week's talks in Baghdad, there will be no war with Iran in 2012 and no comprehensive deal on the nuclear issue either. Sanctions have forced the Iranians to alter the pace of its nuclear program but not to abandon it.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Syria’s neighbors are growing restless -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
The failure to admit failure on Syria -- Tony Badran, Lebanon Now
The Bad-Good Idea of Removing Assad -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Divided Lebanon Powerless to Keep out Syria’s War -- Harvey Morris, International Herald Tribune
The Struggle to Succeed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani -- Paul McGeough, Foreign Affairs
U.S., China’s Clashing Korea Dreams -- Parris H. Chang, The Diplomat
China Tries To Make Australia An Offer It Can't Refuse -- IBD Editorial
China’s economic crisis -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
US-Pakistan Relations: Common and Clashing Interests -- Shehzad Qazi, Worl
Divided Lebanon Powerless to Keep out Syria’s War -- Harvey Morris, International Herald Tribune
The Struggle to Succeed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani -- Paul McGeough, Foreign Affairs
U.S., China’s Clashing Korea Dreams -- Parris H. Chang, The Diplomat
China Tries To Make Australia An Offer It Can't Refuse -- IBD Editorial
China’s economic crisis -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
US-Pakistan Relations: Common and Clashing Interests -- Shehzad Qazi, World Affairs
Was 'Bin Laden doctor' Shakil Afridi an unsuspecting pawn? -- M Ilyas Khan, BBC
Our Not-So-Friendly Northern Neighbor -- Laurence Bherer and Pascale Dufour, New York Times
Saving Greece, Europe, and the United States -- Raymond Richman and Howard Richman, American Thinker
The Struggle to Succeed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani -- Paul McGeough, Foreign Affairs
U.S., China’s Clashing Korea Dreams -- Parris H. Chang, The Diplomat
China Tries To Make Australia An Offer It Can't Refuse -- IBD Editorial
China’s economic crisis -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
US-Pakistan Relations: Common and Clashing Interests -- Shehzad Qazi, World Affairs
Was 'Bin Laden doctor' Shakil Afridi an unsuspecting pawn? -- M Ilyas Khan, BBC
Our Not-So-Friendly Northern Neighbor -- Laurence Bherer and Pascale Dufour, New York Times
Saving Greece, Europe, and the United States -- Raymond Richman and Howard Richman, American Thinker