Iran
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Foreign Affairs
After an exhausting info warfare deployment, Iranian navy task force purports to be almost home
Denial, deception, decoying.
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Foreign Affairs
Pictures big and bigger: Reported shift in Russia’s air space posture vis-à-vis Israel in Syria
A turn for the worse in some ways, but the larger context may be more promising.
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Foreign Affairs
U.S. mulls additional sanctions on Iran as nuclear deal negotiations stall
Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said his government wouldn’t return to the previous agreement until the U.S. removed many current sanctions.…
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Iran’s Atlantic naval adventure is back on the radar, with the warships heading for St. Petersburg in the Baltic Sea
Head fakes aside, it's Baltic or bust.
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National Security
Fascinating: U.S. officials say Iranian warships have ‘changed course’; not headed for Venezuela
An interestingly timed about-face.
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Foreign Affairs
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Foreign Affairs
Iran’s fleet oiler, Kharg, sinks under mysterious circumstances after catching fire in Gulf of Oman
A major loss for the Iranian fleet.
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National Security
Is Iran finally going to get a pair of navy ships to Venezuela?
Will they or won't they? Only time will tell.
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Foreign Affairs
Israel, Iran, Hamas, and why it’s not 2014 anymore
Shifts long building tip over in May 2021.
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Foreign Affairs
Does this Iranian gay man’s murder change the calculus on Biden’s negotiations with Iran?
For reasons that have never been made clear, the Democrats are hellbent on making Iran our new BFF. Iran is…
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Politics
Iranian demonstrator accidentally sets himself on fire while burning Israeli flag
As the Jerusalem Post notes, a sudden gust of wind blew the flames back toward the protester, igniting the flag…
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National Security
Engagement with Iran and Afghanistan heads off course
Shredding - and shedding - credibility in a key region.
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Foreign Affairs
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Foreign Affairs
Engaged at Warp Factor One: When submarines don’t mind being seen
A new context for messaging: It's all real now.
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National Security
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Foreign Affairs
The changed deterrence environment for attacks on Saudi Arabia from the sea (Part II)
Not your father's CENTCOM strategic environment.
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Foreign Affairs
Attacks on Saudi Arabia ‘from the sea,’ and a deterrence environment that has already changed (Part I)
Iran, trying to create -- and seize? -- opportunity.
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Foreign Affairs
Iran turns down nuclear negotiations with U.S., escalating tensions
Iran, meanwhile, recently produced uranium metal in violation of the nuclear agreement, according to a Feb. 10 United Nations report. Secretary…
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Foreign Affairs
U.S. and Iran: The view from inside the OODA loop
What's already happening is the main event.
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Foreign Affairs
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Law and Government
Future question: How was Joe Biden going to unite country? Short answer: He wasn’t
Yes, I know. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., hasn't yet taken the oath of office, much less delivered his sure-to-be rousing…
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National Security
Iran claims to hit maritime targets in Indian Ocean with ballistic missiles from 1,100 miles away
Missiles and rumors of missiles.
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Law and Government
Trump’s ‘Operation Vote’: Observations on the efforts as Congress ponders the 2020 vote
Interesting times go high-order.
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National Security
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National Security
‘A change in the heart of the Middle East’
Rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham. - African-American spiritual
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National Security
Uranium jerky: The strange path through a decade of peculiar developments – Part I
Beware of new ventures that change who's handling uranium.
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Foreign Affairs
Beirut blast: The Russian angle lurking in the odd 2013 shipment of ammonium nitrate
Все любопытнее и любопытнее.
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Politics
Foreign threat assessment for 2020 election: Once again, the assessment IS the threat
It's OK, you can say it. They know. Elections ARE political.
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Law and Government
Dragging it out: Judge Sullivan appeals writ of mandamus ruling on Michael Flynn case
Yep, he went there. Endless Flynn litigation extended again.
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Law and Government
