Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
- Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
L’administration Trump affirme que le gouvernement Maduro serait derrière le trafic de drogue à destination des États-Unis. Une opération de « regime change » se profile-t-elle ?
President Trump OK’d a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can’t see a coherent strategy or objective.
Algunos acontecimientos importantes en la historia de las relaciones entre Estados Unidos e Irán ponen de relieve las diferencias entre ambos países, pero otros han brindado oportunidades reales para la reconciliación.
Nonproliferation experts believe Iraq’s nuclear program went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad.
Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
Nuclear experts from the US and Iran are due to meet in Oman. The turn to diplomacy indicates Trump is erring against reviving a maximum pressure strategy with Tehran.
Former President Donald Trump was indicted on further charges over his hoarding of classified documents – and he has a new co-defendant in the case.
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released? A former State Department and Department of Defense staffer who had top secret clearance provides the answers.
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released?
Joe Biden is set to make his first visit as president to the Middle East, during which he will meet the Saudi crown prince the US accuses of ordering the murder of a journalist.
The US frequently chooses to put its own interest ahead of its professed values. That approach to foreign policy is called ‘realpolitik’ and it may lead to an unsatisfying peace deal in Ukraine.
Saudi’s crown prince approved the killing and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist in 2018, the Biden administration says. So how can the US still see the Saudis as good partners?
Some of the major events in US-Iran relations highlight the differences between the nations’ views, but others presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
A Cold War era treaty helped dismantle more than 2,500 missiles between the US and Russia.
Critics say Trump’s defense of Saudi Arabia in the Khashoggi affair betrays American values. But many presidents have cozied up to dictators, ignoring human rights abuses to serve US interests.
As the US talks up denuclearizing North Korea, a former defense department official takes a look at the status of America’s stockpile of nuclear weapons.
A former US Department of Defense and State Department official explains why a hard-line approach on North Korea will likely fail, as it did with Iran.
A former Department of Defense and State Department official explains why a hardline approach on North Korea will likely fail, as it did with Iran.
A professor who once held top secret clearance explains how levels of classification work and where handling sensitive information gets tricky.
An academic who used to hold top secret security clearance explains how things get classified and why the Clinton email scandal is hard to nail down.
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