Tag Archive for ‘Iran’
A Path to Permanent War?
A Discussion with Professor Andrew Bacevich* YJIA: You are a retired Army colonel and Vietnam veteran, and you also graduated from both West Point and Princeton before teaching at West Point, Johns Hopkins, and now Boston University. What led you first to a career in the military, and then one in academia? Bacevich: Well, I [...]
Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy
An Interview with CIA Veteran Paul Pillar* YJIA: Dr. Pillar, thank you for taking the time to speak with us today. We’d like to go over a number of topics with you, from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to the situations in Syria and Iran, to the intelligence community, as well as your thoughts [...]
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime and its Dissidents: A Conflict of Paradigms?
by Jayita Sarkar* Despite coming into force in 1970, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) continues to lack universal adherence. At present, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea and newly-independent South Sudan are non-signatories. Although Iran is a signatory state, it has been found in violation of its safeguards obligations since 2005. While South Sudan does not [...]
Iran and the Hazards of Rigid Foreign Policy
By Kailash Prasad* With the occupancy of the White house determined, there seems a better chance of reaching a negotiated settlement on Iran’s nuclear program. However, if expectations remain ossified – with Tehran insisting on its right to enrichment and America and Israel contending that Iran’s opacity disqualifies it from provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty – such a settlement [...]
Not the End of the World As We Know It: Nuclear-Armed Iran and the Mid-East Balance of Power
By Dr. Robert M. Farley* The following facts about Iran are largely beyond dispute. It is outspent militarily by three of its closest neighbors, including Israel, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Its only friends in the Middle East are a few terrorist groups and Syria, a nation beset with domestic furor. It has extraordinarily hostile relations [...]
Israel Fears Iranian Nuclear Copycat
By Patrick Disney* Israel has long maintained a policy of strategic ambiguity about its nuclear arsenal, neither confirming nor denying its existence. The policy, called amimut in Hebrew, has been expedient given Israel’s regional situation and its relationship with great Western powers. And because it is not a signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), [...]
