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Not the End of the World As We Know It: Nuclear-Armed Iran and the Mid-East...

By Dr. Robert M. Farley*  The following facts about Iran are largely beyond dispute.  It is outspent militarily by three of its closest neighbors, including Israel, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.  Its only...

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Policymaking During Risk and Uncertainty: The Role of Special Operations

An Interview with Michele Malvesti* YJIA: In an article you co-wrote in May 2011 about the operation against Osama Bin Laden, you identified four major concerns that policymakers must confront when...

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Islamic Finance, Risk-Sharing, and International Financial Stability

by Hossein Askari* In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the fundamental stability of the conventional financial system has been seriously questioned. Excessive leveraging, combined...

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Why fast-forwarding democracy in the Arab World does not work: Lessons from...

by Rosa Belkadi* Photo credit: Karima Hamaili (CAMRA) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons An increasing number of religious political parties are gaining...

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Completing Democracy: Women’s Rights in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya

by Lucas Bento* Photo Credit: Aieman (2006) Image source: Flickr and Wikimedia Creative Commons The beginning of the Arab Awakening was defined by a wave of protests, demonstrations and revolutions...

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Iran and the Hazards of Rigid Foreign Policy

By Kailash Prasad* An Iranian woman in front of a mosque during Iraqi invasion to Khorramshahr. Photo Credit: Unknown (1980) Image source: Wikimedia Creative Commons. With the occupancy of the White...

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Diplomacy in a Non-Polar World

A Conversation with Ambassador Ryan Crocker* YJIA: Ambassador Crocker, in your career you have been posted to many countries in the greater Middle East, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria,...

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