Analysis & Commentary

Analysis & Commentary

The Real Oil Shock

In 1993, James Carville, President Bill Clinton’s political strategist, said that “if there was reincarnation,” he’d like to return as the bond market, because then he could “intimidate everybody.” Today, with interest rates historically low, the fantasy of choice would

Obama’s Iran Policy Shifts to Containment

As recent events underscore the growing Iranian nuclear threat, the Obama administration appears to be pivoting toward a policy of containment. The emphasis of its rhetoric has shifted from preventing an “unacceptable” nuclear Iran to “isolating” it. When coupled with

by Daniel Halper JINSA Visiting Fellow

The Fog of Prewar?

By Yaakov Lappin JINSA Visiting Fellow Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was one of the first to sound the alarm over Iran’s nuclear armament program, identifying the threat it posed to global security in the early 1990s. The last time he