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Barbara Slavin
Barbara Slavin is assistant managing editor for World and National Security at The Washington Times and the author of a 2007 book on Iran, titled "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation.” Before joining The Times in July 2008, she was senior diplomatic reporter for USA Today. She has 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. Ms. Slavin is a regular commentator on U.S. foreign policy on National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting System and C-SPAN.
Before moving abroad, she was a writer and editor for the New York Times Week in Review section and a reporter and editor for United Press International in New York City. She got her bachelor's degree in Russian language and literature at Harvard University and also studied at Leningrad State University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Most Recent Stories
Filmmaker: Sanctions on Iran insufficient
Urges Obama to condemn violations of human rights
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Iranian filmmaker and dissident Mohsen Makhmalbaf said Thursday that the Obama administration should speak out more about human rights in his country and tailor new sanctions to hurt Iran's Revolutionary Guards and foreign companies that provide technology and equipment used to crack down on dissent.
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Ex-Soviet Union struggles with democracy
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
While democracy was introduced to the Communist bloc two decades ago, it hasn't quite worked as planned in some countries.
Threats blurred for U.S. after Cold War
Monday, Nov. 9, 2009
Over the past two decades, the United States has targeted and been targeted by adversaries ranging from Iraq's Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden. But U.S. officials and the American people have sometimes had difficulty calibrating threats, hyping lesser foreign irritants into bogeymen while failing to recognize more serious challenges to U.S. national security.
BOOK REVIEW: N. Koreans who escaped tell their tales
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
As North Korea began gingerly to open its doors to Westerners during the terrible famine of the 1990s, a foreign aid worker remarked that when it came to understanding life in that isolated country, many "have snapshots, nobody has seen the movie."
October is deadliest month for U.S. in Afghanistan
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Eight U.S. troops died Tuesday in twin insurgent attacks in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month for Americans in Afghanistan since the war started in 2001.
Iran seeks more time on uranium deal
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009
Iran said Friday it would respond next week to a U.S.-backed plan that would have Tehran send out much of its stockpiled nuclear fuel by the end of this year.
Iran asks for more time on nuclear deal
U.S. says patience is limited
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
Iran said Friday it would respond next week to a U.S.-backed plan that would have Tehran send out much of its stockpiled nuclear fuel by the end of this year.
ANALYSIS: Domestic woes spur Iran's consent to nuke deal
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
Iran's initial agreement to back down in the face of international pressure and ship its nuclear fuel outside the country shows that the regime feels vulnerable after waves of protests and other setbacks to its regional influence.
Iranians use Jerusalem Day to protest elections
Opposition turns anti-Israel event into rallies against government
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Tens of thousands of people marched in Tehran and other major Iranian cities Friday as demonstrators turned an annual anti-Israel event into a new protest against the Islamic government.
Thousands march in Iran anti-government protests
Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Tens of thousands of people marched in Tehran and other major Iranian cities Friday as demonstrators turned an annual anti-Israel event into a new protest against the Islamic government.
