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James Fallows

Iran

  • As We Near the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War

    Ten years ago this month, the United States made one of the biggest strategic mistakes since its founding. We can barely stand to think back, but we should.

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 1, 2013
  • 3 Quick Pre-Debate Points

    How to protect your email, choose your airline, and avoid your unnecessary war.

    • James Fallows
    • Oct 2, 2012
  • Your Mid-August Reading Tips, Part I

    Timely reading on three important Topics In The News.

    • James Fallows
    • Aug 13, 2012
  • All-Purpose Update: Iran, China, Australia, Recession, TSA, Etc.

    Would Obama bomb Iran? Nothing in his record suggests that he would

    • James Fallows
    • Jun 14, 2012
  • Iran Drumbeat Watch: Rand Weighs In

    A nuclear-armed Iran would be a problem. A preemptive attack on Iran might make that problem worse.

    • James Fallows
    • May 16, 2012
  • Another Round With Jeffrey Goldberg: Is the Bomb-Iran Threat Receding?

    A lot has happened in the past month. And it may have made war with Iran less likely.

    • James Fallows
    • Apr 30, 2012
  • Pushback on North Korea as Poster Child for Iran

    Did North Korea need nuclear weapons to become a fully 'failed state'? Probably not.

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 30, 2012
  • 'De Facto State of War' between Israel and Iran

    Why a nuclear-armed Iran could be threatening even if it never contemplated an attack

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 29, 2012
  • 'No Country Which Threatens Israel Can Be Permitted To Have Nuclear Weapons'

    Relying on deterrence, except for Iran

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 28, 2012
  • Magical Thinking in Israel, About Iran

    Convenient assumptions about what Iran will and will not do

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 28, 2012
  • What We Can 'Learn' From Our 9 Years in Iraq

    Did anything useful come of the invasion of Iraq? Perhaps -- if only in the lessons it might provide.

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 26, 2012
  • Jeffrey Goldberg Replies on Israel, Iran, and 'Bluffing', Round 2

    How the Israeli leadership may be thinking about a strike on Iran

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 23, 2012
  • An Exchange With Jeffrey Goldberg on 'Bluffing,' Israel, and Iran

    The first round of an open exchange about influential and controversial coverage from the Middle East

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 21, 2012
  • Iran Drumbeat Watch: 'March of Folly' Redux?

    Two news stories, two governments, two very approaches to a war-or-peace choice

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 20, 2012
  • Iran Drumbeat Watch: Really Getting Ready for War?

    The movement of naval vessels may give indications of attack plans.

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 15, 2012
  • Iran Drumbeat: Let's Hear From Col. Gardiner

    The man who conducted the Atlantic's Iran "war game" in 2004 updates his findings.

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 15, 2012
  • Iran Drumbeat Watch: 'Stability Flip' in Israel?

    The special, nerve-fraying psychology of crisis management could be removing the buffers against war

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 14, 2012
  • Iran Drumbeat Watch: I Say It's Not Going to Happen

    How we will look back on the 'bomb Iran' furor of early 2012

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 14, 2012
  • Iran Drumbeat Watch: 'Edge of Breakdown' for the Military

    A military depends on people, not just machines; and America's people are wearing out

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 13, 2012
  • I Know I Shouldn't Just Embed Cartoons From the New Yorker ...

    'He's all right as a leader but...'

    • James Fallows
    • Mar 12, 2012
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