In discussing Pakistan on a media conference call today, Foreign Relations Chairman Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) advocated a more nuanced policy attuned to the regional contours and contemporary contingencies than the U.S. political and electoral arena will usually allow.
Senator Chuck Hagel‘s speech title today, “The U.S. and Iran: At a Dangerous Crossroads” is all wrong.
I’m not supposed to post anything until 11 am, but I’m going to cheat just a little with this quip from Hagel’s speech addressing President Bush’s careless talk about a new world war: Loose talk of World War III, intimidation, threats, bellicose speeches only heighten the dangers we face in the world.
TWN has a busy day ahead. I will be listening in to Senator Joe Biden‘s conference call on his “New Strategy for Pakistan” at 11 am. We’ll also be covering Senator Hagel‘s 11 am speech on Iran.
The lead editorial in today’s Houston Chronicle lauds Senator Hagel‘s letter to President Bush, which this blog first released. The editorial starts: One of the most informed and balanced experts on international relations in the U.S. Senate is Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel.
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Flynt Leverett previously served as Senior Director for Middle East Affairs on President George W. Bush’s National Security Council and is now the Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Initiative at the New America Foundation.
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I don’t know what Mohammad Ali-Reza does for a living, but I do know that he lives in Tehran and just published a remarkable letter in the Israeli press — mostly remarkable because it appeared in the Jerusalem Post.
When Fidel Castro dies, something fascinating will happen in America. The History Channel will run extensive coverage of Castro’s life. CNN will air over and over again profiles of Castro and the many American presidents he outwitted and survived.
