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Published in: HomeIran: torch of fire, politics of fun
The doctrinal contempt of Islamist regimes for popular festivals such as the Iranian nowrooz (new year) extends to...
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Published in: HomeKashgar’s old city: landscape of loss
The Chinese authorities’ continuing demolition of the urban heartland of Uyghur society is also the outward face of...
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Published in: HomeThe children of Iran: lives in tumult
The emotional and psychological impact on children of the political crisis in Iran is an important and neglected...
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Published in: HomeIran: a phantom victory
The Iranian state has won a round in the battle against the opposition "green movement". But the war of survival...
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Published in: HomeIran: from protest to politics
The contest between Iran’s state and the opposition movement that arose after the presidential election of June 2009...
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Published in: HomeIran: a time to rethink
Iran’s opposition movement must draw the lessons of its months of activism since the 2009 election and map a...
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Published in: HomeChile: the right in power
Sebastian Piñera has ended two decades of centre-left rule in Chile. The new president now faces the tough challenge...
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Published in: HomeSaving Chávez
The political projects of Latin America’s radical leaders have democratic rhetoric at their core. But their...