Last week, I passed along the news that the Azeri government had convicted more than a dozen militants for plotting a coup to overthrow the government of president Ilham Aliyev with the help of Irania… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

Earlier this year, as part of its diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, the Bush administration pledged to remove the DPRK from the State Department's list of terrorist-sponsoring nations. But… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and get unlimited access…

Where is al-Qaeda these days? According to at least one informed observer, the bin Laden network may be shifting its logistical base of operations from Afghanistan to the southern Gulf state of Yemen…. No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…

Another setback for U.S. Iran policy, post-NIE. First, China – which had previously been edging toward support for a third tranche of UN sanctions against Iran – reversed course and signed a multi-mil… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent…

The Associated Press is reporting this morning that the International Atomic Energy Agency has commenced a new round of talks with Iran over traces of weapons-grade uranium that have been found at a u… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…

My colleague Robert Reilly, writing for the Claremont Institute, takes a look at why, exactly, we are doing so poorly in the “war of ideas” against radical Islam. Bob’s answer? Because we have ceded t… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here….

From the "Iran is not such a good neighbor" department: a court in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan has just convicted more than a dozen militants for plotting a coup to overthrow th… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support…

The emerging consensus among a growing number of conservative foreign policy and defense specialists is that the new Iran NIE – although clearly a breathtaking setback – also potentially represents a … No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…

Right on schedule, the accommodationists have begun to come out of the woodwork. Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh — the always-predictable CFR’s resident Iran hands — had a piece in yesterday’s Internationa… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism…

The fallout from the new Iran NIE continues. In today’s Roll Call, Mort Kondracke touches upon the practical consequences of the intelligence community’s U-turn: “The finding that Iran halted its nucl… No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here. Support independent journalism and…