Don’t mind us: US interests section in Tehran
McClatchy is reporting that, following the presidential elections, the Bush administration will announce it intends to open an interests section in Tehran: The proposal for
UAE: The geopolitics of excess
Let’s read these two articles together. First from AP second from The Times: U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAE The Bush administration is
Response to Martin Kramer on Ann Lambton
Martin Kramer had a post today on the MESH blog at Harvard pointing out that all the Ann Lambton obits (like this one) glossed over
Thou shalt use energy saving bulbs
Iran’s Tabnak news site had an interesting story today about a letter they wrote to an ayatollah asking him to justify using huge light displays
AP: US-Iran trade booming
The AP released an article today reporting that “U.S. exports to Iran grew more than tenfold during President Bush’s years in office.” The top export
CRS on Iran’s economy
Today I’m reading the updated CRS report on Iran’s economy (PDF). If you are looking for a summary of English language press coverage and EIU and IMF
It’s later than we think.
The first time I read this story I was baffled. The second time I was mad. It’s about an “undercover” investigation in Tanzania about what countries it exports
Preparing the PR Battlefield
I’m neither in the US government nor a Baluchi tribesman so I have no way to confirm the claims in Seymour Hersh’s new article about