Rachel Friendman has an excellent article on NRO regarding the referendum movement in Iran. Except for Eli Lake at New York Sun, very few Western media have paid attention to
Last weekend the Center for Iranian Research and Analysis held a conference on 'Post-Khatami Iran' at Widener University just outside of Philadelphia. Several dozen scholars and writers from
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Iran Report and MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute) have both assembled resourceful road maps to the field of presidential candidates in
When Benny Peiser responded to UK chief scientist David King on openDemocracy earlier this week, it provoked a sharp response from Charlie Kronick of Greenpeace.
Benny Peiser came back with
BBC article in English BBC article in Persian Statement (in Persian)
Over at the Daily Kos, Bill in Portland Maine thinks George Bush's track record makes him nothing better than a hack psychic - and he wants his money
The news of violent riots in the eastern town of Andijan in Uzbekistan has had international media outlets scrambling to find on-the-ground coverage. Many international news outlets, including the BBC,
“Hold on!”, says Andreas Whittam Smith. He takes a similar but in one crucial respect very different approach to mine in his cautionary column today about the Campaign for Democracy
Some influential voices in the US are calling for new thinking about nuclear power, according to an article in the 15 May edition of The New York Times by Felicity
David Wallace, Vice President of the Royal Society (the world's oldest academy of science), today urges the UK Government to face the challenge of achieving an adequate supply
Just a quick post - and a warning - on a sunny May morning. There is a gathering of what has been called ‘Britblogs’ in the wake of the meeting
While fretting over Iran's nuclear stance is in the news, the energy future of three emerging large industrial economies - China, India and Brazil - is a major
