Furthermore, while Iran’s nuclear program remains a major national security threat, a nuclear attack on America is likeliest to come through a nuclear device smuggled by terrorists across the border. ..…

United States . Iran . Syria . Although Pompeo’s speech is drawing contrasts and comparisons with that of President Obama in Egypt in 2009, he was really channeling President Richard Nixon’s Guam address of July 1969, later to become known as the Nixon Doctrine. ..…

Pompeo appears to suggest that the defeat of Islamic State settles the issue ]                         explanation11 The US- Iran relationship is at the core of the policy differences between Trump and Obama in Middle East. ..…

America's reluctance, our reluctance, to wield our influence kept us silent as the people of Iran rose up against Teheran in Green Revolution. Our penchant, America's penchant, for wishful thinking led us to look the other way as Hizbullah, wholly owned subsidiary of Iranian..…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brought Trump anti- Iran to Gulf Arab states on Friday, arriving Bahrain to continue nine-nation tour of Middle East aimed at reassuring America's partners that withdrawing troops from Syria does not mean Washington is abandoning the region.. ..…

The beneficiaries of this Middle East policy will be Russia, China, and Iran — the very powers the administration claims to be attempting to challenge. . Given this, what are America's options for dealing with the Saudis? The crown prince and the other Gulf leaders appear to be going..…

Foreign Policy (2011), and Why America Misunderstands the World (2016). . . ... @MaloneySuzanne nails it: #Iran 's influence expanded not as a result of the nuclear deal ... but because of the catastrophic overreach of a hubristic American president & ... paucity of leadership and good..…