Putin's Game: Why Russia Won't Cooperate On Iranian Sanctions. -- New Republic
After years of stalemate, negotiations over Iran's controversial nuclear development program seemed to progress last week when an Iranian delegation in Vienna agreed to the export and modification of its low-enriched uranium. The resulting optimism did not last. Officials in Tehran demurred, insisting that they needed more time to study the proposal and could not meet Friday's deadline to ratify the agreement. While Iran's stonewalling came as a disappointment to the United States, it did not come as a surprise. Over the past month, the White House has signaled that it is preparing a new, more severe round of sanctions in case current negotiations fail.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Iran: Delay, Confuse and Backtrack -- Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald
The Taliban will fight for their last bastion: and they will lose -- Shaukat Qadir, The National
Keeping our allies on our side in Afghanistan -- Leo Michel and Robert Hunter, L.A. Times
Give McChrystal Only What He Needs -- Richard Cohen, Real Clear World/Washington Post
'NATO Has the Watches, We Have the Time': Unless the U.S. shows resolve, the Taliban will simply wait us out. -- James Shinn, Wall Street Journal
We won't find al-Qaida in Afghanistan -- Mehdi Hasan, The Guardian
(Pakistan) Waziristan or Bust -- Ahmed Rashid, Times of India
Gates Gets Grumpy in Tokyo -- Peter Brown, Asia Times
U.S. Base Relocation Tests Hatoyama -- Todd Crowell, RealClearWorld
Mr. Kim's Scam -- Washington Post editorial
General Fallibility -- Roger Cohen, Washington Post
End the Dithering in Iraq -- Daily Telegraph, editorial
Counterterrorism Gains -- Michael Sheehan, Washington Times
Ortega Assists Honduras -- Wall Street Journal editorial
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