Joe Biden lashed out at the Bush administration for its failure to stop Iran’s drive toward nuclear arms. “When we took office, let me remind, there was virtually no international pressure on Iran ... We were the problem. We were diplomatically isolated in the world, in the region, in Europe. ... Today it is starkly, starkly different.” It's different  — but not in the way Biden suggests.

Join Ambassador John Bolton for a discussion about the various scenarios for military conflict with Iran, moderated by AEI’s Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Danielle Pletka.

Only overwhelming sanctions leading to Iran’s economic collapse can work, but with Russia and China shielding Iran, such crippling sanctions appear unlikely.

It went virtually unnoticed (and unreported by this newspaper), but last week a federal court found the government of Iran liable for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

The Financial Times’s Ed Luce has a largely incomprehensible column on the witches’ brew of Iran, Barack Obama, Israel, and the Republicans in today’s paper. Starting off coherently, Luce notes that 2012 may be the “year of Iran,” if Tehran achieves nuclear capability,...

Israel’s test on Wednesday of a new missile able to reach Iran, and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s forthcoming report that exposes the military dimension to Iran’s nuclear program have renewed speculation that Israel’s patience with Obama’s diplomatic efforts to counter Iran’s nuclear program has run out.

In the wake of the recent events in Afghanistan, sentiment is growing to speed the U.S. military exit. Half of the American people now want to get out faster, and Obama administration officials are reportedly debating doing just that. Which raises a critical question: What would happen if we pulled out of Afghanistan?

Thinking back to his days as secretary of state, Mr. Shultz is quoted saying: "The world was not ready for a world free of nuclear weapons." It still isn't.