Ruhollah Khomeini Commentary

The Saudis go to Baghdad

Danial Anas Kaysi | Apr 30, 2010
Saudi Arabia isn't shy about associating with Iraq anymore. But Riyadh is overlooking Maliki, pulling for Allawi to come out on top in the elections.

Sanction Iran

Hossein Askari | Apr 02, 2010
Obama can act unilaterally. If he does this well, the regime might collapse in less than a year. What is he waiting for?

A Failed Revolution

Hossein Askari | Aug 17, 2009
Iran’s opposition is leaderless and has little hope. The theocratic regime’s violent campaign to stifle all dissent is working.

Mullahs & Generals

Hossein Askari | Jul 31, 2009
Ahmadinejad and Khamenei have no legitimacy. To survive, they may make Iran a military dictatorship.

Iran Update: Khamenei on the Way Out?

| Jul 06, 2009

The Un-Islamic Republic

Hossein Askari | Jun 22, 2009
The time for restraint in the Iranian election dispute has passed. America must throw its rhetorical weight behind the demonstrators and push for harsh sanctions to undermine the clerical regime.

Shunning the Mullahs

Hossein Askari | Jun 17, 2009
Iran is seeing its greatest crisis since the 1979 Revolution. If America avoids legitimizing the regime, the government may well fall.

George Bush, the Accidental Realist

Andrew Peek | May 15, 2007
By creating a Shi‘a Iraq, Bush has superseded the Arab-Israeli balance of power with the Sunni-Shi‘a balance of power, to America’s ultimate advantage.

A Concert of the Greater Middle East

W. Patrick Lang | Dec 28, 2006
With the states, factions and sects of the Islamic world trembling on the edge of a chasm of massive military conflict, a Concert of the Greater Middle East—in the spirit of the Concert of Europe—is needed.

Religion: The Missing Link

J. Peter Pham | May 05, 2004
The U.S. must be prepared to commit to a long-term strategy of engaging the Middle East on religious terms by helping anti-Islamists in the Muslim community who seek to reconcile their religious faith with modernity.

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