Count me among those who think that the Nobel Committee has made a mockery of itself by awarding the Peace Prize to Barack Obama. I say this, incidentally, as someone who supports many of Obama’s foreign policy initiatives. However, even in those cases where Obama’s policies are both well-intentioned and well-conceived (for example, pushing for [...]

On paper, the prospects for a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis seem pretty good right now. In the past, Iranian foreign policy has often appeared wild and unpredictable: Iran has lied about its nuclear facilities and provocatively test-fired missiles, all the while issuing bellicose rhetoric on the evils of Israel and America. Last [...]