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Published in: HomeThere’s one way Iran could cost Trump the election
As the Pentagon rushes forces into the Mediterranean, Christian Zionists in the US will be pleased – but don’t...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIt was a bloodbath in Iran, but why should you care?
A radical shift in understanding international relations is needed to form an unapologetically socialist and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe revolution has died: Iranian protests in panoramic perspective
The recent protests draw the final curtain on a story that began with the revolution of 1979 and its aspiration for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAn Iranian crisis of representation
The recent round of spontaneous protests against the petrol price hike has to be contextualized as part of the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUS and Iran both need a new deal
Breaking the current impasse requires an interim gesture by the US which provides Iran with the incentive it needs...
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Published in: HomeDismal failure of Saudi defences may entangle US just where Iran wants it
Long-term political consequences could be even more serious for the US and its allies than the uselessness of their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPersian Wikipedia: an independent source or a tool of the Iranian state?
Is Iran catching up with the trend of censorship outsourcing and using Persian Wikipedia towards this end?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMakhlouf no more? Russia is calling in the debts in Syria
Rumors about Rami Makhlouf’s asset seizures might be signaling divisions between Russia and Iran in Syria.
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Published in: HomeUS and UK struggle to find friends against Iran – and Iraq wants its sky back
Is it 2003 all over again – but with Iran and Iraq on the same side this time?
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Published in: HomeBritish navy goes all in with Trump against Iran
Are Boris and Donald the new Blair and Bush? Movements of the UK’s handful of destroyers suggest they might be.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWar is no solution to the US-Iran standoff
Nothing other than direct talks can offer a prospect for a solution to the crisis.
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Published in: HomeWhy Iran has a speedboat swarm that’s punching above its weight
In the 1980s Iran learned its frigates were no match for the US Navy. But its many small, nimble attack craft can...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe missing three-letter word in the Iran crisis
Oil’s enduring sway in U.S. policy in the Middle East
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Published in: HomeIran and friends use bombs and missiles to give a taste of war to come
Power vacuums in the Pentagon as a pattern of attacks across the Middle East look suspiciously like a demonstration...
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Published in: HomeA devastated Iran could keep hurting the US – and the UK can’t be neutral
Iran could turn to asymmetric warfare if it lost its primary armed forces; and the British couldn’t but help US...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIt’s less about Iran and more about stability in the Middle East
History suggests that attempts to exclude such regional powers produce instability, or worse.
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Published in: HomeIt will take more than Donald Trump to make Iran submit
The Revolutionary Guards are “Iran’s military-industrial complex”, and Trump’s provocations only make them stronger.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA family under attack: Iranian exiles and the economic sanctions
The sanctions force Iranians to suspend their struggle against their abusive father, fearing that the interfering...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Iraq, Iran and Turkey are the real winners
The US is trying to create a Middle Eastern coalition to undermine Iran. They are sixteen years too late.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA European take on Warsaw’s anti-Iran show
Analysis of US diplomacy and discourse after May 2018 suggests that the administration has revived its 1979...