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US - Iran Mutual Antagonism Goes Way Back

Why are the U.S. and Iran at daggers drawn while Donald Trump has vowed to pull troops out of foreign wars?

Why Republicans Reject the Iran Deal — and All Diplomacy

by Nicole Hemmer and Tom Switzer

Conservative hostility to this agreement is nothing new. G.O.P. hardliners denounced Nixon and Reagan’s diplomatic achievements too.

Antisemitic Regimes Should be Taken at Their Word, says Jeffrey Herf, Historian of Holocaust and Islamic Radicalism

The professor notes that “the problem of underestimating the role of ideology in politics remains very much with us.” It’s a problem evidenced in Adolf Hitler’s rise and simultaneous inability of “intellectuals and policymakers” to take the German dictator’s Jew-hatred seriously.

Defending Israel against Iranian Nuclear Aggression: War, Genocide, and International Law

by Louis René Beres

Any war launched by Iran could become genocidal. Israel has a right to respond to that kind of threat.

Bad Analogies Abounding on Iran Deal

by Jim Lobe

In their desperation to sabotage the nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran, neoconservative foes of the Joint Comprehensive Program of Action (JCPOA) are resorting to all kinds of historical analogies.

The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed

by Peter Van Buren

U.S.-Iranian Relations Emerge from a 30-Year Cold War

The Iran Deal and the Rut of History

by Leon Wieseltier

Has the Obama administration’s pursuit of new beginnings blinded it to enduring enmities? Leon Wieseltier comes out against the Iran deal.

Huckabee: Iran nuclear deal will march Israelis ‘to the door of the oven’

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called on the former Arkansas governor to “apologize to the Jewish community and to the American people for this grossly irresponsible statement.”

Nial Ferguson warns Obama’s bet on Iran has low odds of success

by Nial Ferguson

What’s most likely is that Iran will use fresh funds to bolster terrorists, inspiring others in the region to beef up their militaries.

America and Iran: Can the Nuclear Deal Lead to Rapprochement?

by Mark N. Katz

As the 1970s-era Soviet-American case shows, continued differences over regional security issues can halt progress toward rapprochement.

History is the key to making sense of nuclear weapons

by Holger Nehring

We are more inclined to talk about the risk posed by other countries than that posed by our own.

The Lessons Learned (And Not) From Vietnam and Iraq Shape the Fight Over the Iran Deal

by Ian Reifowitz

As a country, we must learn to turn away from those who never learn that war must only be a last resort.

Opposition to Iran deal makes for some strange bedfellows

by Jonathan Zimmerman

The Iran deal hasn't simply united Israel's political parties; it has also brought Israel into accord with most of its Arab neighbor.

Are Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements of Any Value?

by Lawrence S. Wittner

What do they tell us about the Iran nuclear deal?

Obama's Iran Deal Has the Makings of a Catastrophe

by Daniel Pipes

The problem lies in the execution.