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Nine Theses

It saddens me and millions of my compatriots within and without Iran to admit that the regime will likely live to see another day. Yet

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Postcard Diplomacy

On Friday morning, President Barack Obama released a video to congratulate Iranians around the world on the occasion of the Persian New Year, or “Nowruz.”

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Democracy and Natural Right

“[If] principles are sufficiently justified by the fact they are accepted by a society, the principles of cannibalism are as defensible as those of civilized

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Rehabilitating the Shah

A common narrative concerning the Shah and the Pahlavi legacy unites much of Iran’s intelligentsia with liberal-left opinion in the West. According to this narrative,

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Dual communication

The new US Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Susan Rice, has vowed that the Obama administration intends to pursue “vigorous diplomacy” to prevent the

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