As this earthen vessel begins yet again its circling of the eternal flame, may the grace of the universe caress your soul and the soil

The shock-and-awe campaign in Iraq demonstrated America's military prowess; the tens of billions of dollars in appropriation money for the reconstruction shows off America's economic

By the looks of the brownish hillocks and buttes and the parched jagged mountains that flanked it, one hardly could believe that this place was

Introduction The conduct of both Iranian and American foreign relations is highly improvisational in character, often appearing as being self-contradictory or inconsistent, irrational, and rudderless.

Preface This essay reviews in general terms the shameless and yet understandable practice of the Iranian rulers in the past seventy-five years to engage in

The term “Project Norouz” in today's parlance refers to an international joint effort under the auspices of the United Nations to combat narcotraffic in Iran.

The Bush Adminsitration's ultimate objective in Iran is to dismantle Iran's nuclear infrastructure regardless of its orientation, peaceful or not. It has dawned finally on

The promotion of American values of freedom and pluralistic democracy in Iraq requires an American model. The colonial manner by which the US insists on

Little else has irked me more than the cultural faux pas committed repeatedly by the Bush Administration and in the reporting and conduct of the

The morning sun had just cleared the jagged black peaks of the Musandam peninsula when Abdullah took in a deep breath and pointed to a

“May it please the Court — My name is Guive Mirfendereski and I am the Counsel for the Government of the United States of America.

Most mornings, when the sun shows up in the tall bay-window of my living room, I catch a glimpse of its rays lighting up the

In life, some things ought to be experienced at least once. Las Vegas is one of them. Recently, I went back there for a second

I squint into the not-so distant past, with a memory compromised by age and indifference, to visualize the time and place when President Bush's lips

On this Thanksgiving, I give thanks to the weak for they teach about strength, I give thanks to the villains, for they teach about right

This brings me to an undetermined time in my past when I became a supporter of the republican form of government. Already in 4th grade,

The open window on the passenger side of his dark green Volvo framed his smiling face, topped by a crop of dark hair yielding begrudgingly

I had met him in the mid-nineties, when, as a student, he was in the throes of a graduate degree program. His lanky physique was

Part III: Limits of Techno-bravado , , Petroleum engineers swear by the safety of underwater pipelines and the environmental friendliness of the platforms that are