Copyright 2012 Ilan Berman Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:03 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ilan Berman :: Writings http://www.ilanberman.com berman@afpc.org (Ilan Berman) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.ilanberman.com/11098/obama-needs-to-do-more-than-pay-lip-service-to Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST When the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad was engulfed by the "Arab Spring" last March, many waxed optimistic that regime change in Syria wouldn't be long in coming. But ten months into the ensuing civil war, Assad's regime shows no signs of fading away... http://www.ilanberman.com/11055/iraq-is-still-a-work-in-progress Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST Nearly nine years after the start of military operations in Iraq, the prudence of America's intervention remains a hotly-debated topic. What should not be is that, having spent nearly a trillion taxpayer dollars and forfeited thousands of American lives,... http://www.ilanberman.com/11009/beijing-and-tehran-coming-divorce Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST Is China finally coming around on Iran? For years, Beijing's steady backing has helped the Iranian regime frustrate international efforts to isolate and penalize it for its nuclear ambitions. This month, however, there are heartening signs that China is... http://www.ilanberman.com/11004/iran-nuclear-agenda-comes-to-our-backyard Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST Last weekend, amid deepening tensions between his regime and the international community, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad commenced a high-profile diplomatic tour of Latin America. The foreign visit, which will take the Iranian president to Venezuela, Nicaragua,... http://www.ilanberman.com/10988/reading-the-tea-leaves-on-obama-new-military Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST Earlier today, President Obama unveiled a revamped national military strategy in a major address at the Pentagon. While the full details of the strategy—dubbed "Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense"—have yet to be... http://www.ilanberman.com/10972/constraining-iran-in-the-strait Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST The past two weeks have seen a dramatic escalation in Iran's war of words with the West. Last Wednesday, Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi told Iran's official news agency, IRNA, that new economic pressure currently being contemplated by the West would... http://www.ilanberman.com/10949/al-qaeda-newest-outpost Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST When it released its National Strategy for Counterterrorism back in June, the Obama administration had a lot to crow about. Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama Bin Laden had been killed a month earlier by U.S. special forces in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan... http://www.ilanberman.com/10915/can-obama-handle-north-korean-chaos Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST The sudden death of North Korea's long-serving "Dear Leader," Kim Jong-il, has propelled the world's last remaining Stalinist state back into the international spotlight. In the process, it has refocused attention on one of the most stubborn strategic... http://www.ilanberman.com/10878/electromagnetic-pulse-a-real-threat Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST Is electromagnetic pulse a real threat to American security? On the heels of recent Republican primary debates, the danger to U.S. electronics and infrastructure posed by a high-altitude nuclear blast suddenly has emerged as a campaign issue. So has... http://www.ilanberman.com/10846/the-missile-defense-answer-to-iran Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST As the past three years have shown, President Barack Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, don't often see eye-to-eye on foreign policy. On at least one issue, however, the two appear to be in full agreement. Both have stated clearly and repeatedly... http://www.ilanberman.com/10838/the-importance-of-sanctioning-iran-central-bank Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST Ever since the late October release of the International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report on Iran, the White House has been working overtime to convince the world that it is, in fact, committed to preventing the Islamic Republic from going nuclear.... http://www.ilanberman.com/10769/moscow-should-rethink-its-iran-policy Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report on Iran's nuclear program has refocused world attention on the Iranian regime's relentless pursuit of the bomb and on the global failure thus far to derail it. But a multilateral solution to the... http://www.ilanberman.com/10747/egypt-dire-economy Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST Some eight months after the ouster of its long-serving strongman, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's revolution remains the most prominent byproduct of the so-called "Arab Spring." But where, exactly, is Cairo headed? While there remains no shortage of optimism... http://www.ilanberman.com/10676/to-stop-iran-lean-on-china Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST TODAY, the International Atomic Energy Agency released a report on Iran's nuclear program. It provides the most convincing evidence to date that Iran is close to producing a nuclear weapon. But as Iran nears the nuclear threshold, the best way to stop it... http://www.ilanberman.com/10641/jittery-in-jerusalem Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST WHEN the "Arab Spring" unexpectedly broke out late last year, Natan Sharansky waxed optimistic. Writing in the Washington Post in March, the former Soviet refusenik who ranks as Israel's best known pro-democracy activist argued that the grassroots...