Published: Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:49 PM NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A security adviser in the George W. Bush administration told CBS News Thursday Iran's boasting and belligerence over its nuclear ambitions was expected. Stephen Hadley told "CBS This Morning"

NEW YORK, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A security adviser in the George W. Bush administration told CBS News Thursday Iran's boasting and belligerence over its nuclear ambitions was expected. Stephen Hadley told "CBS This Morning" economic sanctions, a world reactio

While Iran announces advances in its nuclear program and threatens to stop oil exports to Europe, it also says it's ready to resume nuclear talks with the West. Stephen Hadley, former National Security Advisor under President George W. Bush, talks to Cha

A national security adviser to President George W. Bush said on "CBS This Morning" Thursday that Iran's boasting of advancements in its nuclear program and subsequent renewed interest in negotiations over it represent "the kind of conciliation and tough

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) When Thomas de Maiziere described the state of the trans- Atlantic relationship to a packed audience in Munich, he shied away from unpalatable truths. Yes, the German defence minister conceded, there have always been ups and down

Posted on Feb 7, 2012 U.S. Navy / MC2 Brooks B. Patton Jr. How many nuclear aircraft carriers does it take to catch a terrorist? By William Pfaff The annual Munich Security Conference is regularly the scene for the complaints of American official and sem

MUNICH — When Thomas de Maizière described the state of the trans- Atlantic relationship to a packed audience in Munich, he shied away from unpalatable truths. Yes, the German defense minister conceded last Friday, there have always been ups and downs in

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Missile defense, an issue that has poisoned U.S.-Russia relations, could be a "game-changer" that transforms ties if the two sides cooperate on a shared system, says a report by former top officials from both sides of the Atlantic.

I just finished previewing an upcoming PBS program on the drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The segment is part of the Great Decisions in Foreign Policy television series produced by the Foreign Policy Association and hosted by former CNN

The White House’s recent drive to end the war in Afghanistan includes efforts to bring about a negotiated peace with various groups including, but not limited to, the Taliban. The strategy brought CIA director David Petraeus to hold exploratory talks wit

| The war in Afghanistan “will not end by military means alone” and a broad political settlement must include negotiations with the Taliban, says a ForeignPolicy.com column authored by Stephen Hadley of the United States Institute of Peace and John Podes

Taliban fighters with their weapons after they joined Afghanistan government forces during a ceremony in Herat province on Jan. 15, 2012. News of Hizb-i-Islami's, the second largest insurgent group in Afghanistan, involvement in peace talks comes as talk

In Joseph Lelyveld’s excellent review of Condoleezza Rice’s memoir [NYR, December 22, 2011], he discusses her explanation of the erroneous statement in Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address of the already discredited intelligence about the Niger yellowc

This photo released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, claims to show US RQ-170 Sentinel drone which Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week, as the chief of the aerospace division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Gen.

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WASHINGTON — The loss to Iran of the CIAs surveillance drone bristling with advanced spy technology is more than a propaganda coup and intelligence windfall for the Tehran government. The planes capture has peeled back another layer of secrecy from expan

WASHINGTON The loss to Iran of the CIA's surveillance drone bristling with advanced spy technology is more than a propaganda coup and intelligence windfall for the Tehran government. The plane's capture has peeled back another layer of secrecy from expa

This photo released Thursday by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards claims to show chief of the aerospace division, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, left, listening to an unidentified colonel as he points to the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone. (Full-size photo) WASHING

WASHINGTON - The loss to Iran of the CIA's surveillance drone bristling with advanced spy technology is more than a propaganda coup and intelligence windfall for the Tehran government. The plane's capture has peeled back another layer of secrecy from exp