Friedman on Geopolitics

Rather than a social uprising against the regime, the real post-election crisis in Iran was a complex struggle within the regime. [more]

In spite of the media fury, the Tehran demonstrations do not amount to a mass revolution, and even in a zero-vote fraud scenario Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would have done quite well in Iran's recent presidential election. The unsuccessful protests against Iran's presidential election have masked the real show, a massive crisis in the Iranian elite. [more]

Despite the sound and fury surrounding Iran's recent presidential election, the underlying reality of the Iranian dynamic remains unchanged. [more]

In a game-changing move, U.S. President Barack Obama has elevated the two-state issue to a new level. [more]

The global recession is the year's biggest issue. [more]

North Korea's May 25 nuclear test does not threaten to shift underlying geopolitical realities. [more]

Though U.S. presidents and Israeli prime ministers regularly change, little changes in the underlying regional realities of the Middle East. [more]

A major split has emerged regarding U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. [more]

The global swine flu panic has illustrated what can -- and cannot -- be done to fight a pandemic disease. [more]

U.S. President Barack Obama has just wrapped up his first hundred days in office. [more]

The Obama administration has published a series of memoranda on torture issued under the Bush administration. [more]

Geopolitics explain the historic U.S. obsession with Cuba. [more]

The weeklong extravaganza of G-20, NATO, EU, U.S. and Turkey meetings has almost ended, closing in apparent unity because the United States accepted European unwillingness to compromise. [more]

The United States and the Europeans will encounter each other at three major meetings this week. [more]

U.S. President Barack Obama sent Iran a New Year's greeting on Friday. [more]

Russia and Turkey, both ascendant Eurasian powers, are sorting out their respective spheres of influence. [more]

Not even two months into the job, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has launched a diplomatic offensive aimed at everyone from the Russians to the Iranians. [more]

The global financial crisis has lulled the West into a false sense of security regarding the Russian resurgence. [more]

In an odd development for China given the current media crackdown in the country, Beijing's stimulus policies are being debated in the Chinese media. [more]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is making her first official overseas visit, highlighting the emerging Obama foreign policy. [more]