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Over the past few months, the media has been abuzz with fears, threats, and uncertainties regarding the Iranian nuclear program. Nuclear technology was first introduced to Iran by the United States in the 1960s, and today Iran retains...
April 24, 2012 3:56 pm / no comments
Much to the dismay of the European Union, the United States and Israel, Iran has been aggressively pursuing a nuclear energy program. Iran has consistently claimed that it wants nuclear power for the peaceful purposes of providing domestic...
March 11, 2012 3:50 pm / 6 comments
Newt Gingrich, the volatile new frontrunner of an equally volatile Republican presidential primary, stepped into controversy again last week. In a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition, Gingrich argued that Palestinians are an “invented”...
December 17, 2011 5:11 pm / no comments
As Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was making a whirlwind tour of foreign dignitaries to persuade them against supporting Palestine’s inclusion in the United Nations, President Mahmoud Abbas was contented in watching the very first seedlings...
November 4, 2011 2:45 am / no comments
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinean President Mahumoud Abbas shake hands at an American photoshoot.
In late September, the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), the sole legitimate representative for Palestinians,...
October 30, 2011 11:00 pm / no comments
For much of its history, Turkey has been a nation of two minds. Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922, a new government was formed, thanks almost entirely to the efforts of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. He envisioned a Westernized Turkey,...
October 30, 2011 10:13 pm / 1 comment
The Washington University Political Review is saddened to announce our difficult decision to euthanize the previous writer of the 360 column, Siddharth Krishnan, for grievous offenses against the Director of New Media and for high treason....
October 13, 2011 5:49 pm / no comments
The current presidential campaign is, and of right ought to be, focused almost entirely on the economy. With the exception of ongoing debates about immigration and international trade policy, most of the soundbites and stump speeches have tended...
October 9, 2011 5:39 pm / 1 comment
Though these Syrians stomp in anger on the head of Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father and former president, Syria remains deeply divided.
It would seem that after months of peaceful protests followed by brute attacks on civilians by the Syrian...
September 26, 2011 7:25 pm / no comments
Meir Dagan, Head of Mossad, discusses his newest plan to harness helpless animals for the defense of Israel.
In terms of sheer creativity these past months have been pretty intense for Mossad. According to some Arab states, the renowned Israeli...
April 9, 2011 12:05 am / 2 comments