Dhahran

March 20, 2018 | Varsha Koduvayur

Why Investors Should Not Fret about Saudi Arabia’s Approach to Reform

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, is on timely visit to foreign capitals—Washington included—this month. The tour comes amidst rising doubts within Washington&rs...

September 12, 2014 | |

The Islamic Republic of Iran Under President Hassan Rouhani

Thank you for providing me with this opportunity to share my analysis with you. Allow me in particular to express my gratitude to this subcommittee for raising the twin issues of the Islamic Republic’s use of terror against its own citizens, and the regime’s sponsorship of international terrorism.

May 13, 2014 |

The Islamic Republic of Iran Under President Hassan Rouhani

Violation of Human Rights and State Sponsorship of International Terror Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for providing me with this opportunity to share my...

April 7, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran’s Nuclear Shadow

During the past decade, Western diplomats have been engaged in protracted negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran over its nuclear program. Though a deal remains elusive, Western policymak...

October 3, 2013 | |

Rouhani’s Rooster Tail

Co-authored Bijan R. Kian and David J. Smith Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, is back in Tehran after an all-smiles visit to the United Nations in New York....

September 14, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer Middle East Quarterly

Early Warnings Ignored

September 11: A Decade Later

November 12, 2010 |

Arming the Kingdom

With the election behind us, and representatives still celebrating (or not) back in their home states, time is running out to affect a foreign policy matter that will have lasting implications on...

December 26, 2006 | |

Sending the Mullahs to Bed Without Supper

Having failed to bribe the Islamic Republic Iran out of its nuclear ambitions, the State Department is putting on its cheeriest face after Saturday’s Security Council resolution, imposing t...

December 8, 2006 | |

Negotiate with Iran?

The Iraq Study Group’s call for negotiations with Iran and Syria as “a way forward” has been widely derided. It is, abjectly, a return to September 10th thinking — to the...

June 22, 2006 | Wall Street Journal

Khobar Towers

Ten years ago this Sunday, acting under direct orders from senior Iranian government leaders, the Saudi Hezbollah detonated a 25,000-pound TNT bomb that killed 19 U.S. airmen in their dormitory a...

December 4, 2004 | Orde Kittrie Arizona Republic |

Iran and the Bomb

A Nuclear Iran Poses Extreme Threat to U.S.