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The Geopolitics of the Changing Middle East

Transcript - Speakers: Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow of Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Marwa Daoudy, Visiting Lecturer in International Affairs and Visiting Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, and Avi Shlaim, Emeritus Fellow, St Antony's College, Former Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford...

Israel, Facebook and the Persians

WARNING; this is an open opinion and only for those who want to hear. For others, they can ignore it...:...

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The Shift Has Hit the Fan … And All Heaven Has Broken Loose

Swami’s 2011 State of the Universe Address ...

Tour d’horizon: An Iranian optic on the Middle East and its prospects

Almost a year ago, in a well-remembered Friday prayer sermon delivered on February 4, 2011, Ayatollah Khamenei spoke at length, in Arabic, about the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt....

Do not trust U.S. and NATO, Leader advises regional nations

The Leader made the remarks on Saturday in an address to the 1st International Islamic Awakening Conference, which is currently underway in Tehran....

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Robert Fisk: Why the Middle East will never be the same again

The Palestinians won't achieve statehood, but they will consign the 'peace process' to history....

As Tahrir Square goes so goes the Middle East?

It is difficult to overstate the potential for Egyptian citizens advancing universal aspirations for freedom, dignity and basic human rights now spreading from the determination of those who for more than a week have risked their lives while inspiring much of the World at Cairo’s Tahrir (“Liberation”) Square. ...

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The Islamic Republic of Iran, the United States, and the Balance of Power in the Middle East

We are very pleased to present the following article, “The Islamic Republic of Iran, the United States, and the Balance of Power in the Middle East”, by our friend and colleague, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Director of Tehran University’s Institute for North American Studies. The article is full of insights into Iranian thinking about some of the most important issues on Middle Eastern and international agendas—insights that warrant the widest possible circulation in the United States and other Western countries. The article is originally being published by our colleagues at the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum, and we are grateful to them for letting us also publish it on www.RaceForIran.com. The original can be accessed on their site, www.conflictsforum.org, which is well-worth visiting for this article and the range of other important materials there. –Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett...

The Real Middle East Lobby

A covert organization, deeply embedded in the American political establishment, is actively working to undermine a rational Middle East policy. With powerful lobbyists, a massive grassroots and campus presence, and seemingly limitless resources, this lobby aims to maintain American troops throughout the region, build up its weapons arsenal, and silence those attempting to assert their independence from its hegemonic rule. ...

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