Diplomacy
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Documents on Iran Nuclear Agreement
The P5+1 have reached an historic agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Here are some of the important texts. We will have more to say on Just Security in the coming days.…
Decision Time: Key Issues in the U.S.-Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement
The U.S. and Afghanistan agreed this week on the terms for an extended U.S. military presence in Afghanistan after 2014.The Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), which the Loya Jirga…
Who Can You Trust? Competing Media Versions of France’s Role in the Iran Nuclear Talks
At the conclusion of the nuclear talks in Geneva this weekend, a consensus emerged in the media: as a result of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius’s objections, the talks…
Newsweek’s Wayward Cover Story on Snowden and Chinese Cyber Hacking
Newsweek’s current cover story, “How Edward Snowden Escalated Cyber War with China” by Kurt Eichenwald, is an important read. Eichenwald makes two claims: Snowden’s impact:…
Benghazi Oversight and the Death of Expeditionary Diplomacy
The assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11/2012 was a stark and sad example of the risks taken by diplomats who push out into the field in unstable…
A New Face in the U.S.-Pakistani Relationship
[Note from Ryan Goodman: It is an honor for us to publish an essay from Ambassador Cameron Munter, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan 2010-2012 and in several other distinguished…