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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Institute for National Strategic Studies-National Defense University -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- The S-300 System: Why So Important? -- The S-300 Contract: Inconclusive Early Years -- Tehran Research Reactor Talks Do More Damage -- Crunch Point: Resolution 1929 -- The S-300 Contract: New Life, New Frustrations -- Coup de Grace: The S-300 -- Debate Over Sanctions -- Ties Bad but Manageable -- The S-300 Contract: Negotiations Go Forward -- The Engagement Imperative -- Taking Stock and Peering Ahead -- Evolving Assessment of the Iranian Nuclear Threat -- Central Asia and Caucasus: Eternal Worries -- The S-300 Contract: Deal Clinched -- Middle East: Regional Calculations -- The Ever-present American Angle -- Moscow versus Washington: A Key Point -- Reacting to the November IAEA Report -- The S-300 Contract: The Deal Unravels -- Would Russia Welcome Military Action Against Iran? -- Will Putin Change Policy? -- About the Author -- Center for Strategic Research Senior Fellows.

Abstract
This article explores the historical debates surrounding sexual deviancy among migrant Afro-Caribbean activists in Panama from the era of World War I until the 1930s. In addition to Panama Canal Zone records and Panamanian court records, this article utilizes a collection of West Indian newspapers published in Panama in order to trace the intersections of race, sex, labor, and class during the early twentieth century. This research highlights the central role that deviant sexuality played in articulating notions of black manliness during labor strikes on the Panama Canal led by Garveyite activists. Moreover, it highlights how Caribbean women shaped the gendered politics surrounding Pan-African activism through local courts, union halls, and newspaper columns. Their active engagement with patriarchal discourses and organizational culture influenced debates around sexual morality and racial uplift during a period of racist U.S. empire building as well as nationalistic xenophobia in Panama.