A view of the reactor at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, 1200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran February 25, 2009. REUTERS/Caren FirouzIran's Nuclear Diversion -- Ray Takeyh, Washington Post
As the Obama administration grapples with the conundrum of Iran, it must balance its proliferation concerns with its moral responsibilities. Iran's post-election tremors have hardly subsided; in fact, the regime is systematically eviscerating its democratic opposition. Amid their merciless efforts to consolidate power, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies see discussion of the nuclear program as a means to silence the criticism that their domestic behavior merits. In the coming months, Iran will no doubt seek to prolong negotiations by accepting and then rejecting agreed-upon compacts and offering countless counterproposals. The United States and its allies must decide how to approach an Iranian diplomatic stratagem born out of cynical desire to clamp down on peaceful dissent with relative impunity.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Who's Really Running Iran's Green Movement -- Mehdi Khalaji, Foreign Policy
Is Obama's Iran policy doomed? -- Dilip Hiro, Asia Times
Iran: the revolution will not be fossilised -- The National, editorial
The real linkage: Afghanistan and Iran -- Adam Garfinkle, Middle East Strategy at Harvard
Allies in disarray as Obama ponders Afghan plan -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Can the U.S. Win in Afghanistan with Karzai? -- Aryn Baker, Time
Afghanistan could be lost in the bars of Britain -- Paddy Ashdown, The Times
Resume talks with India -- I.A. Rehman, Dawn
Pakistan Creates It's Own Enemies -- Muhammad Ahmad, Le Monde Diplomatique
Zelaya's scrap of paper -- The Economist
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