Real Iran splits and the myth of division

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka

Bypassing Hormuz

[caption id="attachment_55232902" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Strait of Hormuz [/caption] During the Iran-Iraq War, Iran implemented an attrition strategy and a policy of economic…

Bryan R. Gibson

The Third Intifada?

[caption id="attachment_55232864" align="alignnone" width="620"] Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas[/caption] In 2007, the Bush administration, with Israel’s blessing, embarked on a…

Stephen Glain

The Clinton Legacy

[caption id="attachment_55232847" align="alignnone" width="620"] Hillary Clinton [/caption] In a recent front-page profile, the International Herald Tribune (IHT) meditated on Hillary Clinton and…

Stephen Glain

Realism and the Arab Spring

[caption id="attachment_55232818" align="alignnone" width="620"] President Obama Delivers Speech On Mideast And North Africa Policy[/caption] According to modern realist theory, because the ordering…

Zachary Keck

After Geneva

[caption id="attachment_55232793" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference at the UN offices in Geneva [/caption] Despite attempts by Hilary Clinton to woo her…

Andrew Bowen

Egypt Back from the Brink

[caption id="attachment_55232764" align="alignnone" width="620"] Police in front of the court during the announcement that Egypt's parliament will be dissolved.[/caption] Just half an hour before…

Alastair Beach

Iraq under the Ba’ath

[caption id="attachment_55232709" align="aligncenter" width="620"] 20th March 1970: Saddam Hussein (right), Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council and Assistant Secretary of the…

Alex Edwards

Scenarios for Syria

[caption id="attachment_55232748" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Fighters loyal to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) pose with their weapons in a location on the outskirts of Idlib in northwestern Syria…

James Denselow