Middle East

The Obama administration’s Iraq policy seems premised on the idea that the terrorist Islamic State is so toxic that it will be self-limiting and ultimately ……Read More

Iran’s national poet, Simin Behbahani, known as the “Lioness of Iran” and a champion for women’s rights is in intensive care in a hospital in Tehran. ……Read More

At a meeting of Iran’s ambassadors, President Hassan Rouhani defended his administration’s performance on the nuclear negotiations, using harsh language to remind critics of the nuclear deal that ……Read More

An interesting article by Stephen Hummel at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point looks at the possibility that ISIL/ISIS has managed to acquire some ……Read More

The extension of the Iran nuclear negotiations for another four months surprised many in the political elite and the news media. The consensus was that the talks ……Read More