A new report by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) argues that one of the greatest mistakes the United States can make is to imagine that Iranian activities in a given arena--the nuclear program, for example--are isolated from Iranian undertakings in another. The report examines those other areas

Despite the strong rhetoric, Iranian leaders are worried about the outcome of the wave of protests, because Arabs are protesting for democracy, and not against the West.

Fears of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover of Egypt are ill founded.

The situation in Egypt appears to be somewhere between that of Tiananmen and that of Ukraine.

Once again, as in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, the Obama administration's silence has consequences.

In Egypt and Tunisia, the unions are at their most influential position in decades.

The value of the Egyptian alliance is less than meets the eye.

The new dawn in Egypt will require active engagement by the administration to bolster pro-democratic secular forces over more radical Islamist elements.