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American Interference in Iran

July 3, 2008

In the latest New Yorker, Seymour Hersh continues his expose of American attemopts to back insurgent groups in Iran. It is a little unclear just how much information he has. But we can conclude that Special Forces, CIA, and other clandestine American groups have been in touch with Kurdish, Arab, and Baluchi organizations, as well as, [...]

Recent Talk on Iran and American Foreign Policy

March 4, 2007

Readers of this blog might be interested in a my Iran Talk that I gave recently at Wesleyan University.

Promoting Democracy: Rethinking Priorities

January 23, 2007

The threat of a Kabul court a few months ago to execute a man for converting from Islam to Christianity raised in an especially clear form the contradiction between “democracy” as we understand it and “democracy” as it may reasonably be understood by others.
Democracy was understood by ancient Greek scholars and the Founding Fathers [...]

The Holocaust and Iranian Credibility

December 10, 2006

Iranian credibility has been weakened by the announcement by Tehran that it is hosting a conference on the reality of the European Holocaust in the 1940s. One can agree with Ahmadinejad that the Israelis have used the holocaust to strengthen the appeal of their cause. Much the same can be said of the reasons why [...]