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January 20, 2012 This Week on ForeignAffairs.com This newsletter is sponsored by Starr Companies. ESSAY - JAN/FEB 2012 Time to Attack Iran Matthew Kroenig Opponents of military action against Iran assume a U.S. strike would be far more dangerous than simply letting Tehran build a bomb. Not so, argues this former Pentagon defense planner. With a carefully designed attack, Washington could mitigate the costs and spare the region and the world from an unacceptable threat. Read RESPONSE Not Time to Attack Iran Colin H. Kahl Matthew Kroenig's recent article in this magazine argued that a military strike against Iran would be "the least bad option" for stopping its nuclear program. But the war Kroenig calls for would be far messier than he predicts, and Washington still has better options available. Read Advertisement: Starr Companies At Starr, our global reach provides the solutions you need wherever you do business. Starr Companies, comprised of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. and Starr International USA, Inc., is a global insurance and financial services organization that provides innovative risk management solutions. Our unparalleled leadership and unsurpassed expertise will help you succeed in an ever-changing world of risk. To subscribe to Starr's eNewsletter CLICK HERE AUTHOR INTERVIEW Q&A With Colin H. Kahl on Dealing With Iran Colin H. Kahl As part of Foreign Affairs' The Iran Debate: To Strike or Not to Strike, Georgetown Professor Colin H. Kahl took questions submitted to the conversation from Twitter. Read RESPONSE The Case For Regime Change in Iran Jamie M. Fly and Gary Schmitt Bombing Iran's nuclear program would only be a temporary fix. Instead, the United States should plan a larger military operation that also aims to destabilize the regime and, in turn, resolves the Iranian nuclear crisis once and for all. Read RESPONSE The Flawed Logic of Striking Iran Alexandre Debs and Nuno P. Monteiro To suggest a nuclear Iran would result in a cascade of proliferation across the Middle East neglects the United States' power to prevent clients from building their own bombs. Read PAGE 90 Years of Foreign Affairs A history of American foreign policy from the pages of the magazine. Read AUDIO/VIDEO From the Editor's Desk: 90 Years of FOREIGN AFFAIRS Gideon Rose An interview with the editor of Foreign Affairs. Read SNAPSHOT The End of Nigeria's Strike May Not Calm Oil Markets John Campbell On New Year's Day Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan attempted what several of his predecessors had tried, and failed, to do in years past: roll back the national petroleum subsidy. A deal on Monday ended a nationwide strike, but Jonathan's tactics could make things worse. Read SNAPSHOT Why Ma Won the Elections and What's Next for Taiwan and China Daniel Lynch Observers have insisted that the presidential election was not about cross-strait relations but about socio-economic issues. In fact, those two are inseparable. Taiwanese realize that good relations with China are necessary for their country's continued prosperity. Read SNAPSHOT Merkel Is Wrong About EU Fiscal Regulation Erik Jones The problem isn't weak EU economic policy, it is that no country has reason to live up to its obligations or to force its partners to do the same. What Europe really needs is a sovereign credit club; at the cost of accepting certain performance standards, countries would join to get access to low-cost capital. Read New Expert Blog from the Council on Foreign Relations On "Middle East Matters," Robert M. Danin, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, analyzes critical developments and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Join the discussion at http://blogs.cfr.org/danin. View all CFR blogs on Asia, Africa, geoeconomics, and more, at http://www.cfr.org/blogs. Copyright © 2002-2012 by the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. All rights reserved. Home | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use