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Our own worst enemy 17 Aug 2012 | 06:02 pm
Last December, you may recall that I gave a presentation at the headquarters of US Strategic Command as part of a conference put on by CSIS’s Project on Nuclear Issues. The paper I wrote to accompany...
Kicking the Hornets’ Nest 29 Jul 2012 | 05:55 pm
The fruit of nearly a year’s work, the following article was published in the July edition of the Nonproliferation Review. I’d be very grateful for any feedback you’d like to leave in the comments se...
To deter and assure 10 Apr 2012 | 04:08 am
Last week, I had the honor of giving a presentation before the US Air Force Global Strike Command down at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana. It was an amazing opportunity to spend some time with the airmen w...
Iran’s next move at the Fordow enrichment site (updated) 4 Feb 2012 | 09:23 am
Following up on my last post about US and Israeli redlines for an attack on Iran, I wanted to take a closer look at the issue of advanced centrifuges being moved to the Fordow facility near Qom. If y...
Israel’s closing attack window 26 Jan 2012 | 06:23 am
Ronen Bergman’s New York Times Magazine article about the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran includes a few interesting nuggets — that there were 2 confirmed cyber-attacks, that Israel was the s...
Sanctions in perspective 13 Jan 2012 | 04:51 am
This post originally appeared in Nuclear Intelligence Weekly (pdf) Instant gratification is a rarity in international relations, yet that has not stopped Western policymakers from celebrating the swi...
Pushing Iran towards a nuclear bomb 5 Jan 2012 | 05:47 am
This post originally appeared at Al Jazeera English: The United States and its Western allies have utilised nearly every tool at their disposal to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, from sanct...
Democracy promotion in the national interest 14 Dec 2011 | 08:31 am
Over at the National Interest, Nader Hashemi puts the call out for a US Iran policy centered on democracy promotion. I doubt it’ll get much attention, even from among the Iran policy community. That...
Iran’s path to the bomb 9 Dec 2011 | 11:16 am
On Tuesday, I had the privilege of speaking before the PONI Capstone Conference at the headquarters of US Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base. In attendance were members of the Air Force’s Glo...
Resolving nuclear issue wouldn’t end U.S.-Iran tension 11 Nov 2011 | 09:42 am
This post originally appeared at The Atlantic The alleged Iranian terror plot exposed last month served as a reminder of just how wide the gulf between the United States and Iran has become. While th...
