Blogs
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Organizations
Confronting Iran - Project on Defense Alternatives
Iran::Articles
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The Middle East Channel - Foreign Policy - July, 2010
The bazaar protests had little to do with the nuclear impasse or the Green Movement, but they are a sign of popular economic discontent and a likely harbinger of further turmoil to come.
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MERIP - June, 2010
Instead of waiting for an invisible hand to usher workers onto the scene, the Greens must wield two visible hands if they wish to mobilize this latent social force. The first visible hand is a discursive shift from the neoliberal economic thought dominant in the Green Movement to a social-justice-oriented agenda that speaks clearly to workers. The second visible hand is concrete assistance to the efforts of labor activists to solve the problem of workers who want to organize at the point of production.
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The Middle East Channel - May, 2010
The Brazilian-Turkish diplomatic breakthrough with Iran has taken Washington by surprise. Clearly, the geopolitical center of gravity has shifted--five years of EU-led negotiations led nowhere while the new emerging powers Brazil and Turkey only needed a few months to produce a breakthrough. Now, the West needs to pull off some political acrobatics to avoid being on the diplomatic defensive.
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Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2010
Yet there have also been signs of compromise. Unfortunately, U.S. policy toward Iran has encouraged polarization within the country and made a peaceful and democratic resolution to the crisis less likely.
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Foreign Policy - February, 2010
But between the extremes of doing nothing and doing everything, there is a middle ground: providing the Iranian pro-democracy movement with breathing space, rather than engaging in risky and imprecise exercises that would directly involve America as an actor on the Iranian scene. The United States can achieve this through a few simple steps.
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New York Review of Books - January, 2010
Women have in fact been at the forefront of resistance to an intrusive state ever since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. In the early years of the revolution, they resisted the new regime's attempt to force them out of the workplace and universities. They found subtle ways--such as showing a bit of hair and wearing shorter robes in pastel colors--of challenging the restrictive dress code the government imposed on them in the name of Islam.
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Asia Times - January, 2010
History shows that a revolutionary movement triumphs only when two vital factors merge: it is supported by a coalition of different social classes and it succeeds in crippling the country's governing machinery and fracturing the state's repressive apparatus.
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LA Times - January, 2010
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The Daily Beast - January, 2010
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The National Interest - December, 2009
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MERIP - December, 2009
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The Daily Beast - December, 2009
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The Washington Quarterly - December, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - December, 2009
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Christian Science Monitor - December, 2009
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MERIP, Middle East Report - November, 2009
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Foreign Policy - October, 2009
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New York Review of Books - October, 2009
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The Nation - October, 2009
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New York Review of Books - October, 2009
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Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
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The National - October, 2009
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The Nation - September, 2009
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The Guardian - September, 2009
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New York Times - September, 2009
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The Daily Beast - September, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2009
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Tehran Bureau - September, 2009
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Council on Foreign Relations - September, 2009
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Informed Comment - September, 2009
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National Democratic Institute - September, 2009
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New York Review of Books - August, 2009
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Foreign Policy - July, 2009
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New York Times - July, 2009
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New York Review of Books - July, 2009
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Robert Dreyfuss - July, 2009
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The Nation - July, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - June, 2009
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CUMINet - June, 2009
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NY Review of Books - June, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - June, 2009
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International Crisis Group - June, 2009
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Carnegie Endowment - June, 2009
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Rand Corp - May, 2009
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Haaretz - May, 2009
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Iran Election Bulletin - April, 2009
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Mideast Peace Pulse - March, 2009
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Washington Post - March, 2009
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Informed Comment Global Affairs - March, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - March, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - March, 2009
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MERIP Middle East Report - March, 2009
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CUMINet - February, 2009
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Middle East Institute - January, 2009
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New York Review of Books - January, 2009
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PBS - January, 2009
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Foreign Policy - January, 2009
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CUMINet - December, 2008
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Council on Foreign Relations - December, 2008
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The National - November, 2008
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World Policy Journal - November, 2008
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Carnegie Endowment - October, 2008
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Rootless Cosmopolitan - October, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - October, 2008
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New America Foundation - October, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - October, 2008
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International Atomic Energy Agency - September, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
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Institute for Science and International Security - August, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - July, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - July, 2008
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The New Yorker - July, 2008
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New York Review of Books - July, 2008
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The Washington Note - May, 2008
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Boston Review - April, 2008
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Le Monde Diplomatique - April, 2008
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The Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School - April, 2008
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Middle East Policy - April, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
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Carnegie Endowment - March, 2008
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Asia Times - March, 2008
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Asia Times - March, 2008
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The Nation - March, 2008
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New York Review of Books - February, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
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Global Affairs Blog - February, 2008
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International Atomic Energy Agency - February, 2008
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Asia Times - February, 2008
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Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
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New Yorker - February, 2008
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Asia Times - February, 2008
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Abu Aardvark Blog - January, 2008
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General Accounting Office - January, 2008
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New York Review of Books - January, 2008
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Christian Science Monitor - January, 2008
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Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
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Brookings Wolfensohn Center - December, 2007
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Informed Comment: Global Affairs - December, 2007
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Antiwar.com - December, 2007
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Real Clear Politics - December, 2007
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New Intelligence Estimate Calls for Credible Diplomatic Option to Extend Iran's Nuclear Weapons Halt
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
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MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - November, 2007
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IAEA - November, 2007
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- November, 2007
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Newsweek - November, 2007
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The Nation - November, 2007
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Open Democracy - October, 2007
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Informed Comment: Global Affairs - October, 2007
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Open Democracy - October, 2007
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Chronicle of Higher Education - October, 2007
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Esquire - October, 2007
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The New Yorker - October, 2007
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New York Review of Books - October, 2007
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Democracy Now - September, 2007
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Jewish Daily Forward - September, 2007
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Informed Comment Global Affairs - September, 2007
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Informed Comment Global Affairs - September, 2007
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Oxford Research Group - February, 2006
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