Islamic history Articles

Pariahs in Tehran

Kenneth M. Pollack | Oct 20, 2010
We shouldn't believe all we hear about the success of Obama's Iran strategy. The world needs to put a stranglehold on Tehran.

The Revolution Will Be Mercantilized

Ali Ansari | Feb 11, 2010
Iran is degenerating into a security state, with the Revolutionary Guard Corps at the helm. The fight for supremacy among the hard-line elite can only lead to a crisis within the Iranian state.

Iranian Resurrection

Robert Baer | Oct 30, 2008
Iran is becoming a superpower. Funding proxy armies, controlling vital energy hubs and winning the heart of the Arab street, Tehran has created a sphere of influence on an imperial scale. If we don’t do something—and soon—Iran, not China or Russia

A Broken Engagement

Barbara Slavin | Nov 01, 2007
Hell hath no fury like a Tehran scorned.

The Fourth Age

Charles A. Kupchan | Sep 01, 2006

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo | Jun 01, 2006
The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

From Awakening to War

Robert F. Ellsworth | Jun 01, 2006
Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.

Islam and Islamism: Faith and Ideology

| Mar 01, 2000

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