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Reason
October 2007
Michael J. Totten |
The Next Iranian Revolution How armed exiles are working to topple Tehran's Islamic Government.   |
Outside
August 2007
Josh Dean |
Powder Keg As you may have heard, they ski in Iran. As you may not have heard, the terrain is pretty sweet, there are dudes bouncing on the chairlifts, and the hills are alive with happy women in flowing robes. Can we make peace with this place immediately? |
Fast Company
April 2010
Joshua Hammer |
Oil Companies--Some Run by Former Bush Officials--Make a Risky Move Into Kurdistan In their haste to tap Kurdish reserves, dozens of oil companies -- several fronted by former Bush officials -- have undercut U.S. policy and fanned sectarian tensions in Iraq. They may also lose a fortune. |
Reason
September 2006
Michael J. Totten |
The Kurds Go Their Own Way Can freedom flower in Iraqi Kurdistan? |
Parameters
Summer 2007
Gawdat Bahgat |
Iran and the United States: The Emerging Security Paradigm in the Middle East It is time that those responsible for crafting the policies and strategies for the region understand that US and Iranian interests are not by definition mutually exclusive. |
Outside
October 2002
Tim Cahill |
Everybody Loves the Assassins Set loose in the land that invented terrorism ten centuries ago, the author finds crumbling castles, legends of hash-smoking hit men, and Iranians who won't stop being nice. You call this the axis of evil? |
Reason
March 2004
Steven Vincent |
Faith, Shame, and Insurgency After visiting Iraq, the author still supports the war -- even more so, in fact. But he is less optimistic now. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Bill Park |
Iraq's Kurds and Turkey: Challenges for US Policy The pieces of the jigsaw thrown up by the US-led regime change in Baghdad are yet to hit the ground, and Washington might yet have to reap what it has sown--in Kurdistan in particular. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2002
Asla Aydintasbas |
The Kurdish dilemma Barham Salih, prime minister of Northern Iraq's Kurdistan regional government, talks about the recent attempt on his life, why he wants a regime change in Baghdad and what should happen in the days after Saddam is deposed. |
Parameters
Autumn 2004
Richard L. Russell |
Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid The Iraq war is the backdrop for the evolving policy debate on Iran. Tehran might be tempted to harness the threat of nuclear weapons for leverage in the political-military struggle against the United States for power and influence in the Persian Gulf. |
Reason
June 2006 |
Three Views on Iraq, Three Years Later In May 2003 George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. A trio of analysts debates the current state of the region: Why I Supported the Iraq War... You Can't Bring Order to the Middle East... Six Facts About Iraq... |
Parameters
Autumn 2007
Christopher Hemmer |
Responding to a Nuclear Iran What should American foreign policy be if current efforts to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons fail? |
Reason
February 2006
Michael Young |
Persian Letters Three personal accounts of modern Iran: Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran, by Azadeh Moaveni... Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran, by Afschineh Latifi... etc. |
Wired
April 24, 2007
Joshuah Bearman |
How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran How the CIA used a fake science fiction film to sneak six Americans out of revolutionary Iran in 1980. |
Reason
July 2003
Iraj Isaac Rahmim |
Where the Shah Went Alone Meditations on a life under tyranny |
Salon.com
March 20, 2002
Hadani Ditmars |
Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make the U.S. even less safe... |
Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Ben Barber |
Shutting down the Tehran Spring How religious hard-liners sabotaged reforms in Iran and earned the spite of their people... |
Reason
January 2003
Mueller & Lindsey |
Should We Invade Iraq? A debate |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004
Stanley Reed |
The Kurds' New Cause Rivals are uniting behind economic growth in the northern Iraqi region. |
Salon.com
June 18, 2002
Laura Miller |
Before Baghdad burns The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction. |
Parameters
Autumn 2008
William Mcdonough |
Time for a New Strategy The Surge Strategy proposed by George W. Bush in 2007 has accomplished the majority of its goals and now is the time to significantly reduce the US presence in Iraq. |
Parameters
Summer 2008
Jeffrey Record |
Retiring Hitler and "Appeasement" from the National Security Debate History has proven that negotiating with terrorists and radicals won't work. |
Chemistry World
September 15, 2015
Michele Catanzaro |
Jailing of retired Iranian chemist linked to nuclear deal Supporters of jailed Iranian political activist and retired chemistry professor Mohammad Hossein Rafiee Fanood claim that his imprisonment is a result of his support for Iran's nuclear deal. |
Reason
September 2004
Marc C. Johnson |
Chatroom Revolutionaries Iran's dissidents and exiles discover the Web and are sending encrypted and compressed documents via U.S.-based free e-mail accounts, a tactic also used by organized criminals, terrorists, spies, journalists, and even businessmen. |
Salon.com
January 18, 2001
Vivienne Walt |
Saddam won't die Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever... |
Salon.com
December 20, 2001
Asla Aydintasbas |
The midnight ride of James Woolsey The former CIA director presents himself as the Paul Revere of the terrorism age, trying to waken America to its greatest threat -- Saddam Hussein. Should we be listening? |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
Reed & Pirouz |
Iran: The Mideast's Model Economy? It's one of the strangest paradoxes in the Mideast. One goal of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was to turn Baghdad into a model regional economy. But could it be that Iran will wind up filling that role? |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Reed & Pirouz |
Election Aftershock in Corporate Iran The President-elect of Iran is anti-capitalist and anti-West, so investment may suffer. |
Smithsonian
December 2005
Andrew Cockburn |
Iraq's Resilient Minority Shaped by persecution, tribal strife and an unforgiving landscape, Iraq's Kurds have put their dream of independence on hold -- for now. |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2001
Camelia Entekhabi-Fard |
Behind the Veil Westerners see Iran's mandatory veil as a symbol of repression. But under cover of the hejab, Islamic women have gained more freedom than they -- or the fundamentalists -- could have imagined... |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Film to watch as we engage in war Despite strict censorship and a paucity of funds, Middle Eastern cinema illuminates the political and personal lives of people we now battle or befriend in the region... |
Salon.com
September 24, 2002
Ian Williams |
Bush to Arab world: Drop dead Driven by right-wing ideologues and his own zeal, President Bush has taken Ariel Sharon's side in the Middle East even while plotting a war with Iraq. Foreign policy experts say that's a dangerous combination. |
Chemistry World
November 11, 2015
Michele Catanzaro |
Nuclear deal to free Iranian scientists professionally but not politically In the wake of the recent Iranian nuclear deal, scientists in Iran are hoping to turn a page on a decade that has left a lasting impression on the nation's science program. |
National Defense
May 2009
Stew Magnuson |
For the UAE, Iran Is Both Enemy and Trading Partner As the United Arab Emirates spends billions to defend itself against a perceived Iranian threat, it also enjoys a robust trading relationship with its potential foe. |
Salon.com
September 18, 2000
Hadani Ditmars |
Let Googoosh sing For over two decades, Iran's reigning queen of pop has been strictly forbidden to perform. Now she's got a passport, a string of sold-out U.S. stadiums and an angry government back home. |
National Defense
November 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
U.S. Central Command Naval Chief Foresees More Volatility in the Region While naval forces under U.S. Central Command remain primarily focused on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, commanders are concerned about emerging threats that could further destabilize the Middle East. |
BusinessWeek
October 31, 2005
Stanley Reed |
Iran: So Much For Harmony At The Top Will Ahmadinejad's emergence be the event that leads to the regime's demise? |
Smithsonian
March 2005
Afshin Molavi |
Letter From Iran The regime may inflame Washington, but young Iranians say they admire, of all places, America. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2011
David Lee Smith |
$200 Crude in 2012? With U.S. forces exiting, the Persian Gulf region becomes a tinderbox. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Does Iran Really Matter? With its vital geographic location, its financial back to the wall, and its significant position within OPEC, Iran should be taken very, very seriously. Investors must monitor emerging geopolitical strains while retaining their international energy representation in their portfolios. |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2003
Stanley Reed |
The Regime Change That Backfired With American and British troops occupying Iraq and the Bush Administration rattling its sabers at Iran, Stephen Kinzer's entertaining and sometimes shocking All the Shah's Men is timely indeed. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2010
Priyanka Banerjee |
Google Goes to Iraq A research team sees the nation lagging behind in Internet access and wants to help. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Stan Crock |
Iran's Nukes: The Crisis Is Far From Over In the end the world may have to learn to live with a nuclear Iran -- and the regional proliferation that could ensue. That's a sober prospect for the Bush Administration. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Stanley Reed |
Mosque And State: Just How Close? Iraq's new government may be more influenced by Islam than the U.S. hoped. |
National Defense
May 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Iranian Threat Spurs Gulf Nations to Upgrade Defenses When it comes to air-and-missile defense, the United Arab Emirates is sparing no expense to guard the nation against a looming Iranian threat. And it has the cash to do so. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004
Stan Crock |
Why Iran Is Giving The West The Willies The Iranians on July 31 announced they would resume building the centrifuges that can enrich uranium to weapons-grade strength. What should, and can, the West do about it? |
U.S. Banker
February 2007
Lee Conrad |
And Now for the Big Political Headache: Iran Most of the Middle East is enjoying a booming economy, despite the three-year incursion in Iraq. But as President Bush fields increased criticism over the invasion, neighboring Iran remains in flux. |
U.S. Banker
December 2007
Karen Krebsbach |
The Further Economic Isolation of Iran Washington's ongoing campaign to persuade financial institutions to break ties with Tehran twisted another notch tighter with tough economic sanctions against three state-owned Iranian banks, companies and military organizations. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004 |
Turkey Will Press Its View On The New Iraq The future of Iraq will be high on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's agenda when he heads to Washington to meet with President George W. Bush on Jan. 28. |
BusinessWeek
December 11, 2006
Stanley Reed |
Surprise: Oil Woes In Iran Flagging output from its vast oil reserves could diminish Tehran's influence. |
