A Chance for Italy to Distinguish Itself
A new president has just taken office in Italy, but since the country only makes news when something bad or sexy—or both—happens, most readers north and west of the Alps probably won&...
Catherine Ashton
North Korea Takes a Tip from Iran’s “Charm Offensive”?
North Korea is engaged in a blitz of diplomatic activity, summed up by the New York Times as Pyongyang’s “Diplomatic Charm Offensive.” Earlier this month, Nor...
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Ending Iran’s Support of Hamas Must Be Part of Any Final P5+1 Nuclear Deal
European Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minis...
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The Power-Hungry vs. the War-Weary
Russia’s Vladimir Putin, seething over the collapse of the Soviet Empire, wants to become the hegemon of Eurasia — at least. Iran’s Ali Khamenei, outraged by the...
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Obama and Ashton’s Non-Existent Red Lines in Tehran?
The EU’s top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, made her first visit to Iran Saturday on International Women’s Day. Her main goal was to rehabilitate the anti-Western mullah regime as a part...
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The Amazing Coincidences of Iran’s Javad Zarif
On Wednesday, in the Red Sea, Israeli commandos intercepted a freighter carrying a secret cargo of munitions loaded in Iran and hidden under bags of cement. The weaponry included dozens of Syrian...
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College Campus Gives Iran Nuke Thug Hero’s Welcome
Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator, did not take questions from the international press while in Vienna last month for nuclear talks. But he did take time to...
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Speed-Dating Iran while the Mullahs Build Nuclear Weapons
The final phase of negotiations to end Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program started on Tuesday in Vienna. Iran’s regime has shoe-horned the United States into protracted talks...
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Iran Nuclear Charades in Vienna
Were sheer diplomatic toil a guarantee of success in the Iran nuclear talks, then the latest round, held this week in the Austrian capital, might count as an achievement. Flying in from...
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Analysis: Will Ashton’s Time Extension Allow Iran to Build a Nuclear Weapon?
European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton on Sunday circulated the ...
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How Europe is Speed-Dating Iran
European companies were astonishingly quick to seek new business with Iran following the interim nuclear agreement the P5+1 states and Tehran reached in November 2013....
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The Persian Triangle
On November 24, 2013, a “Joint Plan of Action” was concluded in Geneva by Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council—the United States, the United Kingdom, France...
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What Happened in Geneva? What Does It Mean?
It’s not easy to make a deal with Iran (and even when you think you’ve made one, you might be wrong). The failure of the Geneva talks is just another in a long series of such fa...
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U.K. Bans Islamic Terror Group Boko Haram — Will the U.S.?
Britain’s government announced today that it will add the radical Islamic group Boko...
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Lessons in Supreme Leadership
Kim Jong Un is teaching Khamenei that the West can be beaten — repeatedly.
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Blaming Terrorists for Terrorism
Yesterday the Bulgarian government announced the results of its investigation into...
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Europe’s Hezbollah Problem
In the wake of the Bulgarian bombing investigation, will the European Union finally designate Hezbollah a terrorist group?
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Georgian Dream Shows Its Dark Side
Georgia's president-elect is putting the country in strong danger of losing its hard won democracy.
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Swiss Cheese
The EU's "strong" sanctions on Iran are full of holes, but might they be enough to prevent the U.S. going to war?
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Will Europe Outlaw Hezbollah?
BERLIN -- The July suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists at the seaside Bulgarian resort of Bur...