As tension mounts in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program - and fresh speculation brews about strikes to nip that program - learn more about the Islamic Republic.

Calling the Fordow enrichment plant a 'Potemkin' plant is grossly misleading. Unfortunately, the reality that must be confronted is much more complicated and dangerous.

Sanctions, diplomatic tools, and other measures have neither changed Iran’s nuclear policy, nor had a visible impact on Iran’s nuclear program. Yet, some in the United States and the international community still dismiss the looming reality of a nuclear-armed Iran.

The Islamic Republic is playing a game of diplomacy without sincerity.

In the face of a saber-rattling Iran, the next U.S. president will have just two main policy options: containment and deterrence.

The meeting to discuss the Islamic Republic's nuclear program will be a nail in the coffin of the Obama doctrine.

The question remains: if Iran were about to develop nuclear weapons and America would decide to attack, where would the Europeans stand?

As Iranian centrifuges continue to spin, the price of President Bush's flip-flop in diplomacy will be high.