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"Referring twice to Dick Cheney as “Darth Vader,” ElBaradei told me in an interview that “U.S. policy consisted of two mantras — Iran should not have the knowledge and should not spin one single centrifuge. They kept saying, wait, Iran is not North Korea, it will buckle. That was absolutely a mistake.”

Roger Cohen, NYT

For over a decade, the man has strode the world of nuclear security and non-proliferation like a Colossus. As his 12-year career as the IAEA’s honcho ended in November, we take… Continue

In his op-ed on Foreign Policy, Daniel Twining speaks on the significance of considering the US’ relationship with India as a value-based interaction among the world’s largest and most populous democracies. He criticizes the Obama Administration for attempting to engage China in a near zero-sum, interest-based relationship, one that is myopic in nature.

Taking a similar line of argument, it is important to note the relevance of Barry Buzan’s theory of the international security community in thi… Continue