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Iranian Prognostications

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Dec 03, 2007
What to make of the just-released National Intelligence Estimate saying that Iran stopped trying to build a nuclear weapon in 2003?

Dealing in Contradictions

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | May 26, 2004
One of the alarming tendencies in American discourse about foreign policy is the prevalence of "if A, then B" style thinking.

Altered States

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jan 21, 2004
You know it is election season when politicians lay out the platitudes.
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Books & Reviews

Parthian Shot

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 27, 2009
Iran was a glorious empire, but has also been a conquered nation. This complex mixture of pride and insecurity continues to define the Republic.

Botching Iran

Daniel Benjamin | Jan 03, 2007
With regards to Tehran, it is America that has been the constant bungler.

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