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India’s Iran calculus

Is India an adversary or ally of the West in opposing Iran’s nuclear ambitions? As one of the countries that has consistently voted against Iran at the IAEA–yet has been loathe to abandon business with...

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Obama gets Osama

The sudden killing of Osama Bin Laden by US special forces is being celebrated all over the world, but especially in Afghanistan and Iraq which became, wrongly, the victims of American wrath following...

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The Bahrain formula

A year ago the Grand Prix in Bahrain was cancelled because of demonstrations by the country’s approximately 70% Shia majority, protesting their second class status. Bahrain was a creation of the...

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Book review: Eclipse of the Sunnis

The destruction of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003 created a power vacuum in the center of the Middle East. Nearly a decade of sectarian warfare and chaos ensued as militants from various communities...

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Why Islam and Democracy Go Well Together

The Shiite scholar Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari is regarded as one of the Iran’s most influential Muslim reformist thinkers. In an interview with Jan Kuhlmann, he explains why there is no inconsistency...

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Iran-Egypt: old foes, new competitors

The recent outburst of violence in Gaza diverted the Western media’s attention from Syria. But Iran, the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s closest regional ally, has remained focused on Syria. Iran...

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