Little Support in Washington for Kerry’s Mideast Efforts
May 24th, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick While Secretary of State John Kerry was in Israel declaring his aim to “exhaust all the possibilities
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Obama Narrows Scope of Terror War
May 24th, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe via IPS News Responding to growing criticism by human rights groups and foreign governments, U.S. President Barack Obama
A Modest Proposal Concerning the Rights of the Inhabitants of Persia
May 24th, 2013 | by Peter Jenkins
by Peter Jenkins In 1729, two years after the publication of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Congress Moves Toward Full Trade Embargo on Iran
May 22nd, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe via IPS News Congress moved closer here Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and
New Congressional Sanctions Push Aimed at Killing Iran Diplomacy
May 10th, 2013 | by Guest
by Jamal Abdi The notion that U.S. sanctions on Iran are supposed to act as diplomatic leverage to get a
Hope, Scepticism Over U.S.-Russia Accord on Syria Conference
May 9th, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe via IPS News The surprise accord reached by the U.S. and Russia in Moscow Tuesday to try
As Hunger Strike Spreads, Obama Again Denounces Guantanamo
May 1st, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe via IPS News With at least 100 detainees now participating in a three-month-old hunger strike, U.S. President
US Arms Sale Sends Mixed Messages to Israel
April 24th, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel may have insisted that the latest sale of US arms to
More Diplomacy, Less Pressure for Iran Settlement: Report
April 17th, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe via IPS News The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its
AIPAC Bill Runs Into Unusual Resistance In Congress
April 12th, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick In an article published in The Hill, Mike Coogan reports that some of the key legislation that
Also by Jim Lobe- Obama Narrows Scope of Terror War
- U.S. Congress Moves Toward Full Trade Embargo on Iran
- Nuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance – Report
- Nuclear Iran Can Be Contained and Deterred: Report
- Pluralities of Israelis, Palestinians Want Stronger U.S. Peace Role
- Hope, Scepticism Over U.S.-Russian Accord on Syria Conference
- Decade After Iraq, Right-Wing and Liberal Hawks Reunite Over Syria
- Obama Seen Unlikely to Sharply Escalate Intervention in Syria
- As Hunger Strike Spreads, Obama Again Denounces Guantanamo
- More Diplomacy, Less Pressure Needed for Iran Settlement – Report
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