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Parsi's concern is that Iran will demand that Obama grant a major concession as an incentive to negotiate, ironically adopting the Bush Administration's policy of setting preconditions for talks. What may be holding the regime back, Parsi says, is a fear of failure. If Tehran snubs Obama's...
The Cato report's author, Greenwald, hews to the first point: that the data shows that decriminalization does not result in increased drug use. Since that is what concerns the public and policymakers most about decriminalization, he says, "that is the central concession that will transform the debate."
Budget cuts are a dime a dozen these days and a basic fact of life during a recession, though we do hope the cuts end up saving us more than just a few dimes. Spending cuts are often unfortunate, especially at Harvard—a place accustomed to abundance. Yet...
Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani, defended the government's concession to the Taliban, denying in an interview with CNN that the cease-fire agreement amounted to capitulation. He justified the action by comparing it to the 2006 U.S.-led Anbar Awakening in Iraq in which U.S. military...
This past Sunday, the media were allowed to cover the return of a fallen U.S. soldier for the first time in 18 years. The ban on coverage of such ceremonies, in place since it was imposed by the first Bush administration in 1991, was drafted under the pretenses of privacy...