Stories written by Barbara Slavin
Barbara Slavin is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center. Barbara is an expert on U.S. foreign policy and the author of a 2007 book on Iran entitled ‘Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation’. A contributor to AOLNews.com and ForeignPolicy.com among other media outlets, she was assistant managing editor for world and national security at the Washington Times from Jul. 2008 through Dec. 2009. Prior to that, she served for 12 years as senior diplomatic reporter for USA TODAY where she covered such key issues as the U.S.-led war on terrorism and in Iraq, policy toward "rogue" states and the Arab-Israeli conflict. She accompanied three secretaries of state on their official travels and also reported from Iran, Libya, Israel, Egypt, North Korea, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Barbara, who has lived in Russia, China, Japan and Egypt, has also written for The Economist and The New York Times. She is a regular commentator on U.S. foreign policy on National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting System and C-Span. She wrote her book on Iran, which she has visited seven times, as a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in 2006 and spent Oct. 2007 to Jul. 2008 as senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where she researched and wrote a report on Iranian regional influence, entitled ‘Mullahs, Money and Militias: How Iran Exerts Its Influence in the Middle East’. | Web

U.S.-NORTH KOREA: Persistence Pays Off with “Rogue” Regimes

By Barbara Slavin
The United States and North Korea are resuming the joint search for U.S. soldiers still missing from the Korean War, one of the few positive areas of interaction between two countries estranged for more than 60 years.

As 2012 Polls Loom, Caution’s the Word for Obama Foreign Policy

By Barbara Slavin
U.S. presidents seeking a second term are not known for taking risks in foreign policy in election years.

U.S.: Alleged Iranian Assassination Plot Suspicious, Experts Say

By Barbara Slavin
U.S. Justice Department charges that elements of Iran's government were behind a foiled plot on the life of Saudi Arabia's U.S. ambassador have boggled the minds of many Americans knowledgeable about both Iran and terrorism.

Pressure Builds on Iran at Nuclear Watchdog Agency

By Barbara Slavin
As Iran continues a slow march toward potential nuclear weapons capability, diplomatic action to contain the programme is likely to shift to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose director general, Yukiya Amano, has taken a harder line than his predecessor about alleged military research by Iran's nuclear scientists.

Iranians in Iraqi Camp to Seek Refugee Status

By Barbara Slavin
In a development that could help resolve an eight-year-old diplomatic and humanitarian standoff, the Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian opposition group that has several thousand adherents at a military camp in Iraq, has agreed to allow residents to apply for refugee status and be interviewed individually by U.N. officials.

Iranian President Offers Nukes Compromise to U.S.

By Barbara Slavin
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iran would be willing to halt production of enriched uranium that is close to weapons grade if the United States sells Iran fuel for a reactor that produces medical isotopes.

U.S. in a Bind Over Palestine’s Bid for U.N. Recognition

By Barbara Slavin
The Palestinian drive for statehood status at the United Nations injects new uncertainty into an already volatile Middle East, threatening to further isolate Israel and diminish already dwindling U.S. influence in the region.

Post-9/11 Rebuffs Set U.S.-Iran Relations on Downward Spiral

By Barbara Slavin
Of all the mistakes and missed opportunities that have characterised U.S. foreign policy since Sep. 11, 2001, few may have been as consequential as the failure to improve relations with Iran.

Afghan Security Faces Long-Term Challenges

By Barbara Slavin
U.S.-led efforts to build Afghan security forces capable of preventing Taliban resurgence face a series of challenges, from the reluctance of southern Pashtuns to serve in a national army, to maintaining the billions of dollars in infrastructure and equipment provided by the U.S. and other foreign countries over the past decade.

U.S.: New Iran Sanctions Could Bring Unintended Blowback

By Barbara Slavin
A new Congressional push to sanction Iran's Central Bank is aimed at reducing Iranian oil revenues, but could backfire and hurt the global economy.

U.S. Silent on Iranian Raids Against Kurdish Terror Group

By Barbara Slavin
Iran and the United States don't agree on much these days, but there are a few views they hold in common.

Iran’s Image Plummets in Arab World, Poll Finds

By Barbara Slavin
Iranian leaders have tried to portray democracy movements in the Arab world as inspired by their 1979 Islamic revolution and predicted that Iran's regional support would grow as pro- Western dictators fell.

India-Pakistan Rivalry Afghanistan’s “Gordian Knot”

By Barbara Slavin
U.S. hopes to withdraw forces and leave behind a stable Afghanistan may rest on whether Pakistan and India can lower bilateral tensions and refrain from using Afghan territory for a new proxy war.

Bitter Divides Persist Below Bahrain’s Relatively Calm Surface

By Barbara Slavin
When Bahraini ambassador Houda Ezra Nonoo arrived in Washington three years ago, she was greeted as the representative of a close U.S. ally with a reputation for more openness and tolerance than most Gulf nations.

US-IRAN: Tensions Mount Over Iraq, Nuke Sanctions

By Barbara Slavin
Reviving U.S.-Iran friction over Iraq may have more to do with deteriorating relations over Iran's nuclear programme than with uncertainty over U.S. troop levels in Iraq beyond the end of this year.
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