Regime Change and Its Limits

Richard N. Haass, Foreign Affairs:

Summary: So far, the Bush administration has shown it would like to resolve its problems with North Korea and Iran the same way it did with Iraq: through regime change. It is easy to see why. But the strategy is unlikely to work, at least not quickly enough. A much broader approach -- involving talks, sanctions, and the threat of force -- is needed.

Richard N. Haass is President of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was Director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff from 2001 to 2003. This article is drawn from his recently published book, The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course. READ MORE

An interesting look at U.S. options on Iran except that he fails to take a close look at the regime change tactics that have brought down many despotic regimes of late. I wonder why.