Avoid Reckless Experiments
Tehran, Iran - The break-up of Iraq will cause regional conflicts and will lead to a massive devaluation of America's political capital as a superpower. It would be a spectacular failure that must be avoided.
August 2006 Archives
August 2, 2006 9:23 AM
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U.S. Must Engage Cuba to Shape its Future
Tehran, Iran - Cuba may prove to be the trophy prize of Latin America. Washington wants to reverse the spread of populism and socialism in Latin America. Champions of the movement like Chavez meanwhile prepare for another victory in Cuba. To change the island's future, the U.S. must meaningfully engage it.
August 7, 2006 9:30 AM
Religious Politics Rising
Tehran, Iran - Hezbollah's impact on Lebanese politics is nothing new. It is a grassroots indigenous movement formed more than twenty-three years ago in reaction to the massacres of Sabra and Chatila -- Palestinian refugee camps -- by Ariel Sharon's army and the Phalangist forces in Lebanon. Hezbollah set out to rid Lebanon from foreign forces and their proxies.
August 10, 2006 8:45 AM
U.S.-Mideast Tension Harms Global Economies
Tehran, Iran - The United States' excessive spending in the Mideast and fiscal recklessness has led to a massive debt. This worries Asian countries that supply the U.S. goods. Like Bashir says, China might escape the consequences of this shifting U.S. demand for goods, but the impact on more fragile economies in the region will be significant.
August 12, 2006 8:00 AM
Distinguishing Terrorism from Crime
Tehran, Iran- Terrorism is usually defined as act of violence against ordinary people for political purposes. The events of August 10 in UK were indeed successful police work against criminals. It was exemplary of how a system of law enforcement and international cooperation must operate against aimless criminals that seek nothing more than a venue for a spectacular and morbid event.
August 20, 2006 2:03 PM
Seize the Long Term Opportunity
Tehran, Iran - The cessation of hostilities is a chance for the world to ask a fundamental question: Can all regional issues be framed within a completely new structure? Can we end sham-bolic band-aid therapy?
August 25, 2006 10:23 AM
Good Will and Genuine Diplomacy Wanted
Tehran, Iran - I have spent more than five hours today searching Google and world newspapers for articles about the Iran nuclear deal. Thanks to modern technology, I found more than 2100 headlines-- and that is just in English! What amazes me is not Google's search technology, but rather the hype and impatience around the discussion. Diplomacy and negotiations have been rudely overtaken by spin and imagination.
August 29, 2006 11:18 AM
Is U.S. Foreign Policy a Video Game?
Tehran, Iran - Democratic nations often congratulate themselves by claiming that their policies are the product of national consensus. It boggles the mind then that Americans are the only ones in the world who aren't sure of their own economic and military might. They are only too ready to prove their disconnection from the rest of the world. It reminds me of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Franz Kafka's story characters that were unhappy with their self-crafted identities.
