As the new administration conducts a routine review of its Iran policy, senior officials are hinting that they're open to toppling the country's clerical regime.
As the White House formulates its official policy on Iran, senior officials and key allies of President Donald Trump are calling for the new administration to take steps to topple Tehran’s militant clerical government.
Supporters of dislodging Iran’s iron-fisted clerical leadership say it’s the only way to halt Tehran’s dangerous behavior, from its pursuit of nuclear weapons to its sponsorship of terrorism. Critics say that political meddling in Iran, where memories of a 1953 CIA-backed coup remain vivid, risks a popular backlash that would only empower hard-liners.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 25, 2017
Looking to Mosul's Future Amid Extreme Violence -- Heather Murdock, VOA
Why the World Should Fear Iran's Missiles -- Kyle Mizokami, National Interest
Who Killed Otto Warmbier? -- Isaac Stone Fish, Politico
In Planning for Rebuilding North Korea, the U.S. Must Learn From Its Mistakes in Iraq -- Steven Metz, WPR
South Sudan: A rare look at both sides of the civil war -- France 24
EU Leans on Libyan Military to Stop Migrants -- Clemens Höges and Claas Meyer-Heuer, DW
The east-west divide in the EU deepens -- Christoph Hasselbach, DW
American Weakness and Incompetence Are Vladimir Putin’s Greatest Assets -- David French, NRO
Macron shows his true colors -- John Lloyd, Reuters
Angela Merkel Embraces German Nationalism With a Twist -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
NATO: Prepared for countering disinformation operations in the Baltic states? -- European-Geostrategy
Why has Italy been spared mass terror attacks in recent years? -- Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome and Lorenzo Tondo Tondo in Palermo, The Guardian
The Latest Wave of Terrorism Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better -- Bruce Newsom, Newsweek
Venezuela: A country divided -- Quintijn Kat, Al Jazeera
Climate change could devastate the birthplace of the arabica coffee bean -- Lily Kuo, Quartz
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Kislyak has been called home. the timing is there for many many things.
James. I read that too. But it was announced a few months ago that he was going to be recalled. His replacement has also been chose.
Russia's Next U.S. Ambassador Will Be Anatoly Antonov.
http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2017/05/russias-next-us-ambassador-will-be.html
Oink!
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