Middle East

Akbar Amini, the protester who climbed atop a crane during opposition demonstrations a year ago, was detained after being interviewed by opposition media in recent ……Read More

Recently, James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence released an "Unclassified Statement for the Record on the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for ……Read More

Two very smart friends — Josh Landis and Nadim Shehadi — had interesting things to say in the comment section of the last post. I ……Read More

Iranian authorities are resorting to scare tactics to intimidate the daughters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, a leader in Iran’s opposition Green Movement. On Thursday, Kaleme, a ……Read More

‘House arrest inhumane and illegal’ The continued house arrest of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, the leaders of the Green Movement, violate the provisions ……Read More

Greetings from dissertation-land. I’ve tried my best to keep my head down over the past few weeks, hence the long spell between posts. Since the ……Read More