Category Archives: Iran

WP: ‘Don’t be fooled. Iran is still not safe.’

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Luke Ford

Daniel Levinson writes in the Washington Post: American and European companies are drafting plans to begin doing business in Iran with the lifting of sanctions as part of this summer’s nuclear-weapons agreement, and Westerners are planning visits to the country. … Continue reading →

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JJ: Wasserman Schultz: Iranian nuclear threat has been neutralized

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Luke Ford

I have some thoughts on this story. * Iran was never a threat to the United States so long as the United States did not commit troops to the Middle East and threaten Iran. The more America and other countries … Continue reading →

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Prof. John Mearsheimer: “Turkish Foreign Policy: A Realist’s Assessment”

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Luke Ford

Published on Oct 9, 2012: Prof. John Mearsheimer from University of Chicago gave a lecture entitled “Turkish Foreign Policy: A Realist’s Assessment” on 4 October 2012 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. John Mearsheimer says: … Continue reading →

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John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt – The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Luke Ford

I was impressed by this presentation by the two political scientists. At the end, John J. Mearsheimer says: “The United States would care about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons even if there was no state of Israel. There are two reasons … Continue reading →

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Hey, What Ever Happened to the ‘Existential Threat’ of Iran?

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Luke Ford

JJ Goldberg writes: The recently retired chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, gave an important talk this morning at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, summing up the current state of Israeli security. … Continue reading →

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