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Iran’s Grand Strategy –  Vali Nasr
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Iran’s Grand Strategy – Vali Nasr

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

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Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

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Aipac Spy Case Involves Intelligence

Aipac Spy Case Involves Intelligence

AIPAC Spy Case involves Intelligence on Iranian WMD James Gordon Meek reports that both FBI investigations of leaks from the Pentagon concern in part secret […]

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Bombing Near Fallujah Clashes In Najaf

Bombing Near Fallujah Clashes In Najaf

Bombing Near Fallujah, Clashes in Najaf The Iraqi Guerrilla War of 2003-2004 continued apace on Sunday and Monday. Guerrillas detonated an enormous car bomb near […]

Juan Cole

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Fighting In Tal Afar Latifiyah 1100 Us

Fighting In Tal Afar Latifiyah 1100 Us

Fighting in Tal Afar, Latifiyah1100 US Troops Wounded in August Heavy fighting raged in the northern city of Tal Afar, which lies west of Mosul, […]

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National Council Elects 4 Vice

National Council Elects 4 Vice

National Council Elects 4 Vice-Chairmen AP reports, ‘ In Baghdad, mortar rounds landed near a convention center where members of Iraq’s 100-member transitional assembly, known […]

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Iraqi Government Extends Ban On Al

Iraqi Government Extends Ban On Al

Iraqi Government Extends Ban on al-Jazeerah The caretaker Allawi government extended its ban on al-Jazeerah on Saturday. Al-Jazeerah itself reported that the government charged it […]

Juan Cole

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Najaf Aftermath As Viewed By Iraqis

Najaf Aftermath As Viewed By Iraqis

Najaf: The Aftermath as Viewed by Iraqis Abbas Kadhim evaluates “Sistan’s triumph” at al-Ahram Weekly. He writes: The real winner at the end of the […]

Juan Cole

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Aipac Spy Case Update Knight Ridders

Aipac Spy Case Update Knight Ridders

AIPAC Spy Case Update Knight Ridder’s Warren Strobel, who reported a week ago that the FBI investigation of Lawrence Franklin was part of a much […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq War Continues Into Month 17

Iraq War Continues Into Month 17

Iraq War Continues into Month 17 Dozens Killed, nearly 100 wounded in Multiple Clashes, Bombings The events in Iraq on Friday and Saturday, stretching from […]

Juan Cole

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Two Us Soldiers Wounded Demonstration

Two Us Soldiers Wounded Demonstration

Two US Soldiers Wounded Demonstration at Fallujah Two US troops were injured near Tikrit on Friday. There was a demonstration in Fallujah about the ongoing […]

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