Non-Nuclear Option
The Iran nuclear deal is a good one as far as it goes. But Washington has to show it will stand up against Tehran’s regional designs. The place to do that is Syria.
Kenneth M. Pollack is a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution and the author of Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb and American Strategy.
There is good reason to suspect that Syria’s conflict cannot be contained within its borders.
Nuri al-Maliki has Baghdad back in crisis. Kenneth M. Pollack on the dangerous politics for Washington.
Assassination Attempts
The Iranian attempt on the Saudi ambassador’s life shows that Tehran is meaner and nastier than ever before. And no longer fears U.S. military retaliation. says Brookings’ Ken Pollack. Plus, Eli Lake on the escalating shadow war.
With Obama announcing the drawdown in Iraq, Kenneth M. Pollack lays out a path for the president to leave an Iraqi government that can rule, not just reign.
As we ramp up in Afghanistan, Iraq is in brittle shape. Kenneth M. Pollack on how America is panicking Baghdad—and the risks of a return to chaos.