Hoekstra: Bring in Red Team on Iran Nuclear Program
Expressing serious concerns about the objectivity and quality of the U.S. intelligence community's analysis, Peter Hoekstra, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is calling for a red team — an independent panel of experts — to review the information on Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and issue its own report that might be compared and contrasted with the latest National Intelligence Estimate issued jointly by the 16 intelligence agencies.
Click Here to Read Full Analysis. Afghanistan: Four Wrong Assumptions About The Taliban Talks
In January, the Taliban agreed to a U.S. proposal to set up a political office in Qatar and begin formal peace talks later this year. But was this really a positive development? Terrorism expert John Bew gave an exclusive interview to analysts in LIGNET’s London office this week in which he laid out the major challenges posed by the talks and how they could actually increase instability in Afghanistan rather than creating conditions for peace.
Click Here to Read Full Analysis. France: Economy Dominates Tight Presidential Race
The rise in populist rhetoric in France points to an increasingly close presidential race between incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist opponent Francois Hollande as both candidates struggle to connect with voters on the struggling economy and France’s position in the eurozone. Given the sharp ideological differences between the two candidates, the election will have a dramatic impact on the future of France and European cooperation.
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