Ruhollah Khomeini Articles

Zoroaster and the Ayatollahs

Iran's culture wars between its Persian imperial past and Arab Muslim influence have been raging since long before the 1979 revolution. 

Protecting Kosovo at the Expense of New York

In his blog Subjective Evaluation, Dimitri K. Simes disputes former President Clinton's assertion that his administration

Lessons from the Chavez Controversy

Now on Subjective Evaluation from guest poster Paul J. Saunders, Publisher of National Interest online: House Democrat Charles Rangel may have been playing politics in his rebuke o

An Axis of Democracy?

History kept India and Israel apart. But times have changed. Will strategic necessity keep them together?

The New Axis of Oil

A structural shift in energy markets creates new geopolitics.

The Culture Club

Not all cultures are equally conducive to progress.

The Osirak Fallacy

If a strike on Osirak failed to turn back the clock on Saddam's nuclear program, why would one work for Iran?

Conflict Conundrums

For the United States, mediating territorial crises must involve geopolitical juggling.

In Brief: Thoughts on National Security

Graham Allison, Ian Bremmer, Harlan Ullman and Derek Chollet.

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May 26, 2012