Foreign Policy Magazine’s The Cable Friday outlined an “array of technical, diplomatic, security, and financial challenges” faced by the U.S. and its allies as they struggle to meet a December 31 deadline, set by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), for putting beyond use Syria’s most dangerous chemical weapons....

U.S. officials are struggling to assure Middle East allies that the financial relief provided to Iran under the recently agreed Geneva interim agreement is relatively limited, and that – per the National Journal – “key sanctions would remain in force against Iran’s disputed nuclear program” during the agreement’s six-month period. After meeting...

Analysts, diplomats, and journalists are continuing to pile on concerns regarding structural asymmetries in a recently signed agreement between the P5+1 powers and Iran, with attention increasingly turning toward how the imbalances between what Iran got and what Iran gave up may disadvantage the United States and its allies heading...

The White House late Tuesday issued a statement declaring that the Obama administration is prepared to allow Iran to continue enriching uranium in the context of a comprehensive agreement over Tehran’s nuclear program, after a report on the issue published by the Washington Free Beacon generated questions from journalists seeking further clarification. The Free Beacon reported:...

Politico yesterday reported on a confrontation between State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki and Fox News’s Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen, in which Rosen pressed Psaki on statements made in February by State’s then-spokesperson Victoria Nuland, in which Nuland was asked about the existence of bilateral talks with Tehran: With current State Department spokesperson...

The Washington Post on Thursday described the interim agreement signed between the global P5+1 powers and Iran as “notable for its omissions,” and expressed concern over the deal: But the agreement leaves the United States and its partners at a disadvantage in negotiating the comprehensive settlement. The concessions made to Iran will...