List of Weapons articles
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Families of Americans Held in Iran Urge Trump: Keep Your Promise
U.S. exit from nuclear deal could jeopardize prospects for imprisoned Americans.
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The U.N. Security Council debates sanctioning Iran at U.N. headquarters in New York in March 2007. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images) The ‘Silver Lining’ to Trump Pulling Out of the Iran Deal
The White House has the legal authority to compel countries to reinstate U.N. sanctions on Iran. So why has it chosen not to exercise it?
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Jordan’s Chinese CH-4 drone on display at this year’s SOFEX arms show. (Sharon Weinberger/Foreign Policy) China Has Already Won the Drone Wars
Chinese companies are proving that America is not first in the UAV export market. Can Trump roll that back?
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A portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump burns during a demonstration in Tehran on Dec. 11, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s What to Expect Now That Trump Has Withdrawn From the Iran Nuclear Deal
The United States will be worse off once the smoke clears.
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on September 22, 2017. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) The Art of the Regime Change
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal has one goal in mind — and no plan to achieve it.
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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani oversees an April 18 ceremony marking National Army Day in Tehran. The North Korean Playbook Won’t Work With Iran
Hard-liners in Tehran and Washington are both drawing the wrong lessons from diplomacy with Pyongyang — and that could lead to war.
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A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard stands under a national flag on the wreckage of a captured U.S. Air Force helicopter during a ceremony in Tehran in April 2010. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Iran Will Never Trust America Again
When the nuclear deal was signed, Revolutionary Guards told me they wanted a better relationship with America. Not anymore.
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Donald Trump speaks at a rally organized by the Tea Party Patriots against the Iran nuclear deal while campaigning for president in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9, 2015. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) What Happens if the U.S. Bows Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal?
By reimposing sanctions, Trump risks alienating Europe and freeing Iran to revive its nuclear program.
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Students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems on Dec. 30, 2017. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images) The United States Should Seize on Iran’s Currency Crisis
An anti-regime alliance of rich and poor could be the key to ending clerical rule.
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A South Korean soldier walks past a television displaying images of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a railway station in Seoul on March 9. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images) The Road Ahead With North Korea
The weekly podcast: What a potential summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could look like.
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A South Korean soldier stands under a display of North and South Korean missiles in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2002. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Korea’s Nuclear Nightmare Hasn’t Gone Away
Unless the United States changes its priorities, Korean diplomacy is probably doomed.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program at the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Bibi’s Infomercial for the Iran Deal
Smoke and mirrors aside, the Israeli prime minister’s presentation was an endorsement of existing nuclear diplomacy with Tehran.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images) Netanyahu Hands Trump PR Win on Iran
In a dramatic presentation on Monday, the Israeli prime minister outlined revelations on Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program that most of the world had already accepted.
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A man walks past a newspaper featuring a front page story about the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on a sidewalk in Seoul on Apr. 28. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images) Optimism About Korea Will Kill Us All
The first step towards peace is lowering your expectations.
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Saleh al-Samad, the president of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council, sits behind bulletproof glass at a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 20, 2016. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) How the UAE’s Chinese-Made Drone Is Changing the War in Yemen
An airstrike that killed a senior Houthi leader shows that the Emirates is growing more assertive in its military operations.
