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Between Collapse and Reform: Iran’s Real Democratic Path
In an age seduced by easy solutions (collapse), the hard work of negotiation—not revolution or intervention—is how democracies are actually built.
 • Ali Mamouri
Arming Iranian Protesters: What Would Actually Happen?
In moments of brutal repression, a familiar proposal resurfaces: arm the protesters.
 • Ali Mamouri
Comic-Book Diplomacy: When the Joker Became Iran’s UN Ambassador
When DC Comics published A Death in the Family in 1988, one scene in particular shocked readers: the Joker was fictitiously appointed by Ayatollah…
 • Ali Mamouri
Deterrence at the Brink: Iran, the U.S., and the Eastern Axis Question
As the United States continues to amass significant military assets around Iran—aircraft carriers, long-range bombers, air defence systems, and…
 • Ali Mamouri
One ISIS, Different Treatments
How Geopolitics Rewrites Terrorism, Victims, and Accountability: The Syria Case
 • Ali Mamouri
Washington Has Lost Patience with Iraq’s Political Class
Why the U.S. Is Done With Iraq’s Old Guard—After Nouri al-Maliki’s Nomination and Trump’s Public Rejection?
 • Ali Mamouri
Boys Go to Baghdad, Real Men Go to Tehran
Has the moment Iran was always meant to face finally arrived?
 • Ali Mamouri
MENA Nuances
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