Iran 
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2/6/2022
Attacking Iran would be a Catastrophic Mistake for Israel
by Alon Ben-Meir
Regardless of a success or failure to reach a new agreement with Iran, Israel must not attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and must work closely with the US to develop a joint strategy to curb Iran’s ambition to acquire nuclear weapons and potentially end the conflict with Iran on a more permanent basis.
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SOURCE: Foreign Policy
12/3/2021
Adam Tooze: How Sanctions Work (and Why they Often Don't)
On the "Ones and Tooze" Podcast, Adam Tooze examines economic sanctions against Iran, which have inflicted pain on the population without impacting the country's nuclear program.
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SOURCE: Boston Globe
5/27/2021
My Son Was Killed In Iraq 14 Years Ago — Who’s Responsible?
by Andrew Bacevich
"Even today, the electorate shows little inclination to rethink the core assumptions informing basic US national security policy. Supporting the troops means suppressing second thoughts, asking few questions, and shoveling more money to the Pentagon."
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
3/17/2021
The Princeton Historian Mugged by Reality
Xiyue Wang was released from an Iranian prison in 2019 after being detained for four months. The Princeton doctoral student is now a critic of softening American sanctions aginst Iran.
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SOURCE: NPR
11/30/2020
Iranian American Historian On Assassination Of Iranian Nuclear Scientist
Abbas Milani of Stanford University discusses the US-Iran relationship and the shocking assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist last week.
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SOURCE: NBC News
6/7/2020
A Message from 'Queen Elizabeth' to the Shah Played Role in CIA 1953 Coup in Iran, Documentary Says
Historians who uncovered a message from "Queen Elizabeth" believe its misinterpretation helped persuade the shah not to flee Iran at a pivotal moment.
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
5/19/2020
Fundamentalist Pandemics
by Juan Cole
What evangelicals could learn from "The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam."
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SOURCE: Boston Review
3/26/2020
Sanctions Are Inhumane—Now, and Always
by Aslı U. Bâli, Aziz Rana
In a world imperiled by global pandemic, it is long past time to put an end to sanctions—including new ones against Iran—and to reconstruct U.S. foreign policy around international solidarity.
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SOURCE: National Interest
2/15/20
Can Donald Trump Avoid a War with Iran? History Tells Us To Worry.
by Lawrence J. Korb
The last thing our military personnel and the country needs is another Vietnam or another unwinnable war in the Middle East.
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SOURCE: Al Jazeera
2/11/20
America held hostage
by David Marks
Forty years after the Iran hostage crisis, its impact endures.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
2/5/20
How the US repeatedly failed to support reform movements in Iran
by Pardis Mahdavi
For 40 years, the relationship between the U.S. and Iran has been marked by disagreement – but also by a series of missed opportunities.
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SOURCE: Madman of Chu
1/19/20
Imagining an Iranian Spring
by Andrew Meyer
The recent brush with war between the US and Iran underscores the persistent question of US-Iranian relations: will the two countries ever reach a point of mutual toleration ever again?
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1/16/20
Stepping Back From the Brink of War
by Alon Ben-Meir
Trump’s order to kill General Soleimani is one of the most reckless acts taken by a president, who once again has put his personal political interest above the nation’s security.
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SOURCE: Business Insider
1/7/20
In 1980, a 34-year-old Donald Trump said the US should invade Iran in response to the hostage crisis
According to historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman, as cited by Brookings, this was Trump's first known comment on US foreign policy.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
1/10/20
We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned
by Susanna Lee
Many might feel bewildered and demoralized. But fans of the 19th-century French novel have seen this before.
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SOURCE: Time
1/10/20
The Iran Plane Crash Could Be the Latest in a Long History of Accidental Shoot-Downs
Here’s what you need to know about some of the deadliest attacks on civilian aircraft.
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SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
1/12/20
How the President Became a Drone Operator
by Allegra Harpootlian
From Obama to Trump, the Escalation of Drone Warfare
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/8/20
War with Iran is not inevitable — but the U.S. must change course
by Kelly J. Shannon
The relationship between the countries, once friends and allies, has soured — because of U.S. aggression.
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SOURCE: NY Times
1/7/20
Why Did the U.S. Kill Suleimani?
by Elizabeth Cobbs and Kimberly C. Field
The attack illustrates America’s lack of a clear grand strategy — and why we need one immediately.
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SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
1/9/20
The Global War of Error
by Tom Engelhardt
Failure is the new success and that applies as well to the “industrial” part of the military-industrial complex.
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