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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 […]

64 Palestinians in Gaza Killed trying to Reach Aid Centers in 24 Hours

64 Palestinians in Gaza Killed trying to Reach Aid Centers in 24 Hours

06/19/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

06/19/2025 By David Vine

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Bombings At Kazimiyah And Karbala Day

Bombings At Kazimiyah And Karbala Day

The Bombings at Kazimiyah and Karbala The day of Ashura’ is the holiest in the calendar of Shiite Islam, commemorating the brutal martyrdom of the […]

Juan Cole

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Igc Approves Interim Constitution

Igc Approves Interim Constitution

IGC Approves Interim Constitution The Washington Post reports that the Interim Governing Council finally approved the Fundamental Law it has been working on, on Monday. […]

Juan Cole

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Disturbances In Kirkuk Afp Az Zaman

Disturbances In Kirkuk Afp Az Zaman

Disturbances in Kirkuk (AFP/ az-Zaman): Tension gripped the northern city of Kirkuk Monday after armed clashes betwen Kurds and Turkmen. There have been a number […]

Juan Cole

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Us Permits Iraq Oil Pipeline To Iran

Us Permits Iraq Oil Pipeline To Iran

US Permits Iraq Oil pipeline to Iran The Financial Times reports that the Interim Governing Council has concluded an agreement with Iran to build a […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Of Sadrists Demonstrate In

Thousands Of Sadrists Demonstrate In

Thousands of Sadrists Demonstrate in Kirkuk AFP reports that nearly 2000 members of the Army of the Mahdi, the militia headed by young Shiite radical […]

Juan Cole

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Ash Sharq Al Awsat Afp Shaikh Abdul

Ash Sharq Al Awsat Afp Shaikh Abdul

Sistani’s Representative in Karbala Rejects Referendum on Provincial Council> ash-Sharq al-Awsat/ AFP: Shaikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbala’i, the representative in Karbala of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, […]

Juan Cole

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Vigilanteism In Basra Scheherezade

Vigilanteism In Basra Scheherezade

Vigilanteism in Basra Scheherezade Faramarzi of AP reports on the Shiite militias of Basra and the way they are imposing both law and order, and […]

Juan Cole

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What Document Looks Like Jonathan

What Document Looks Like Jonathan

What a Document Looks like Jonathan Schanzer, writing in the Weekly Standard, notes that I had asked Bill Safire for even a single “document” that […]

Juan Cole

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6 Us Soldiers Wounded In 24 Hours Wire

6 Us Soldiers Wounded In 24 Hours Wire

6 US Soldiers wounded in 24 hours Wire services quoted by al-Jazeerah report that guerrillas wounded three US soldiers with rocket-propelled grenade fire Thursday night […]

Juan Cole

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