Our Friend in Tehran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — the Iranian leader Washington loves to hate — has only a few more months left in his presidential term. But this is not cause for celebration. If President Barack Obama really wants to improve relations with Tehran, working with Mr. Ahmadinejad may be his best bet.
Ali Reza Eshraghi (VS ‘09) writes for The New York Times.









Bao Tong, 76, was a top aide and speechwriter for the secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s. Now he lives under virtual house arrest, his every move observed, every visitor screened by a handful of guards, every conversation presumably monitored. The Communist Party would clearly like him to fade into oblivion, to live out the rest of his days caring for his goldfish and taking walks in the park. But Bao Tong has no intention of going out quietly.
ooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Obama has warned that “there is no answer in Afghanistan that does not confront the al-Qaeda and Taliban bases along the border [in Pakistan].”
