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November 15, 2013
China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of November 15, 2013
Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. China announces sweeping reforms. A wide range of reforms were announced following China’s third plenum of the Eight…
August 17, 2017
Iran
"Reform" in Iran
During June’s presidential election in Iran, many Westerners strongly hoped for a Hassan Rouhani victory. Rouhani, the incumbent president, was a “moderate,” the argument went, and during the campaig…
January 20, 2016
Iran
The Iran Nuclear Agreement and Reform in Iran
It was widely assumed that with the end of sanctions, Iran would "join the world" and become a less repressive state. To take just one example, the Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo argued in Huf…
January 3, 2016
Iran
Iran Sacks Another Embassy
Today the Isamic Republic of Iran decided to sack another embassy building in Tehran, that of Saudi Arabia. According to the AP, "Protesters in Iran, angered by the execution by Saudi Arabia of a pr…
September 26, 2013
Iran
Finding a Way Forward With Iran
The White House should seize on Tehran’s diplomatic signals to advance a resolution to the nuclear question and potentially Syria, says expert Mohsen M. Milani.