As Hamid notes, this attack comes as Turkey enters a political crisis, with the legitimacy of the ruling party to be decided shortly in the courtroom.

On July 7th the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in an Address before the Arab Ambassadors stated that his Government was looking at the necessity of terminating foreign presence on Iraqi land and restoring full sovereignty.

My essay why Bush sent a high-level diplomat to meet Iranian negotiators with no preconditions is out in Salon.com.

The decision by the Administration to send William Burns, the State Department’s third ranking official and a career diplomat, to participate in the five power talks with Iran...

A Pentagon official expressed fears that Israel will attack Iran's nuclear facilities at Natanz near Isfahan before the next president is sworn in. He identified two red lines...