Matthew Kroenig has an article in Foreign Affairs arguing for an attack on Iran. I don’t agree with his logic. Largely for the reasons Steve Walt and Michael Cohen outline. I’ll leave it at that. Underlying his narrative, along with the … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Iran
A Few Problems with Iran’s Nuclear Program
I don’t think that bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities is a very good idea. I don’t think it would be a smart thing for the United States to do. I don’t think it would be a smart thing for Israel to … Continue reading
Stuxnet as an Act of War?
Eric Martin has a quick piece over at the Progressive Realist arguing that, by the standards of America’s own cyber doctrine, the Stuxnet attack on Iran’s Natanz facility was an act of war. While the internationally-accepted legal definition of “acts … Continue reading
Quick Hit: Assassination
Justin Elliot points out this, er, interesting opener by Jennifer Rubin on U.S. Iran policy. I don’t have the energy to dissect the whole piece. I sometimes wonder if in thirty years there will be a collected volume of turn-of-the-century … Continue reading
Quick Hit: Sheizaf on Goldberg
Israeli blogger and sometime FPW contributor Noam Sheizaf has a great take on Jeffrey Goldberg’s Atlantic piece. Check it out.
The Meaning of "Rational"
Needless to say, I don’t agree with the main thrust of David Rothkopf’s recent piece casting doubt on the notion that a nuclear Iran would be susceptible to the standard logic of nuclear deterrence. To Rothkopf’s credit, he (sort of) … Continue reading