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First, the development of nuclear weapons is a blatant violation of international law under Iran’s obligations to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Perhaps more importantly, we must recognize that Iran is a nation run by a group of fundamentalist extremists, the public face of which is a...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin | Title: Nuclear Nightmares | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

Perhaps, but Vargas' lifestyle is hardly the stuff of Chávez's "21st-century socialism." In a rare interview last year, he told the Wall Street Journal, "People write stories about me saying I have a Ferrari, a plane, a yacht. But it's not true. I've got...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dead Polo Ponies and Their Millionaire Owner | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

But analysts in Moscow warn that the insurgency problem in the region is far from finished, and express concern that the decision gives even more control to the heavy-handed Kadyrov. "It's not a victory for Moscow, it's a compromise," says Alexei Malashenko, an analyst at the Carnegie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Chechnya Pullout: Compromise Over Victory | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

• "Teachers can't believe it. We Are worried about the future. Alan Bersin is a dictator who never took the opinion of the classroom teacher." - Barbara Scott, elementary school teacher, upon the announcement that Bersin would be state education secretary, (San Diego Union-Tribune, April 30, 2005)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alan Bersin: Obama's 'Border Czar' | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

Then there is the Syria connection. Saddam Hussein recruited many of his high-ranking Baath Party members and army generals from Mosul's élite Sunni families, many of whom sought refuge in Syria after the 2003 U.S. invasion and the fall of the dictator. According to several Iraqi generals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Mosul, Iraq's Insurgency Refuses to Be Tamed | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

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