Thomas Donnelly writes: The post-JPCOA world again presents a new mix of challenges and a changed threat from Iran. Though it conceivably could come again, the moment for a strike against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure has passed. – Hoover Institution’s Strategika
Kori Schake writes: The relationships being fostered among our allies in the Middle East will facilitate any Israeli military action—whether against Iran’s nuclear facilities, or other targets selected to signal that whatever the U.S. won’t do, Israel is not likewise constrained. Only a more assertive U.S. policy changing attitudes in the Middle East about our willingness to stop Iran’s expanding influence will suffice. – Hoover Institution’s Strategika
Kori Schake writes: The relationships being fostered among our allies in the Middle East will facilitate any Israeli military action—whether against Iran’s nuclear facilities, or other targets selected to signal that whatever the U.S. won’t do, Israel is not likewise constrained. Only a more assertive U.S. policy changing attitudes in the Middle East about our willingness to stop Iran’s expanding influence will suffice. – Hoover Institution’s Strategika
Frederic Hof writes: The tools employed by John Kerry to date have been those of energy, persistence, and charisma. They are, considering the nature of those for whom civilian slaughter is as natural as breathing in and out, insufficient. Arthur Miller would have described him as “a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine.” He deserves a better toolkit from his Oval Office boss. – Defense News
Lee Smith writes: Much of the Obama administration's political success last year is owing to the fact that it relied on various echo chambers in the media to market its policies to the American public, sometimes explaining them and often obscuring them, as it did with the Iran deal. Netanyahu seems to have at last concluded that he can't defend himself or his country in that forum. As he did when he made a speech in Congress criticizing the Iran deal, he is taking his case straight to the American people. – The Weekly Standard
John Lee writes: The tables seem to be turning in Asia—in part due to the inherent political and economic failings of a closed, authoritarian, and corrupt regime; in part due to the bluster and aggressive behavior of a rising power; and in large part because the counties in the region understand that their security, independence, and prosperity is best served by unity of purpose and unity with America in the face of a well-armed and increasingly aggressive neighbor. China’s militarism, on one front, and diplomatic recalcitrance, on others, along with the inevitable flare-ups in nuclear armed North Korea have reaffirmed Washington’s status in Asia as the indispensable nation. – World Affairs Journal
On matters of war and peace, Obama has proven to be a confounding and contradictory figure, one who stands to leave behind both devastating and pressing failures, as well as a set of fresh accomplishments whose impact could resonate for decades. – Associated Press
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