"Far from being the harbinger of a more transparent and law-abiding Iran, the Zanjani trial is just an attempt to settle scores"

‘The very few actions the President has taken with regard to Syria have actually made matters worse’

"The West should acknowledge that a ground deployment of sorts is, ultimately, the only way to quash IS"

"Terrorism is first and foremost a problem of public security. But its defeat can only emerge from a battle of ideas against its ideological underpinnings"