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Archive for June, 2009
Jonathan Power: Europe, The Great (Christian) Republic?
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Europe, European Union, Religion, Uncategorized | Comments
Since the European Union parliamentary elections some two weeks ago, Europeans have been putting themselves through a bout of navel gazing and introspection. People are asking what exactly is the ...Continue reading . . .
Azubuike Ishiekwene: Echoes of 1979 in Iranian Protests
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Iran | Comments
Thirty years after the Shah was overthrown in a revolution, Iran is embroiled in an upheaval that appears to be threatening the grip of the Ayatollah over the country. There ...Continue reading . . .
THE INDEX — June 29, 2009
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in THE INDEX | Comments
Russian President Dimitri Medvedev completed a four-day, four-country tour of Africa on Friday with a visit to former Cold War-ally Angola. In a press conference alongside Angolan President Jose Eduardo ...Continue reading . . .
David A. Andelman on opendemocracy.net
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Iran, Iraq, The Balkans | Comments
"The real roots of many major recent and current political events - the convulsions surrounding Iran's Islamic regime, the bloody troubles in neighbouring Iraq, the ethnic cleansing and mass murders ...Continue reading . . .
THE INDEX — June 26, 2009
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in THE INDEX | Comments
Sources from Lebanon's anti-Syria March 14th coalition revealed that their leader, Saad Hariri, is expected to be appointed to the position of prime minister within the next two days. President ...Continue reading . . .
Think You Know Iran?
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Posted in Iran, Uncategorized | Comments
World Policy Journal's Ben Pauker gets on The Daily Show (see 3:45) and makes America look good in the process. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Jason ...Continue reading . . .
Jodi Liss: Omar Bongo and the Big Vegetables
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Gabon, Oil, Resources | Comments
Every student of International Relations Theory 101 gets treated to Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Parable of the Stag Hunt. You remember the tale: two hunters are sent into the woods looking for ...Continue reading . . .
David A. Andelman: The Stoning of Neda S.
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Culture, Gender, Iran, Justice, Religion, Women's Rights | Comments
If you’d like to know the kind of people who voted for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran, there’s no better example than the villagers—the husband, his sons, and the ...Continue reading . . .
Belinda Cooper: Revolution Redux?
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Democracy, Germany, Iran | Comments
I’ve been watching the news from Iran and thinking about East Germany, where in 1953, workers rose up in a popular rebellion that was rapidly and violently suppressed. Afterward, the ...Continue reading . . .
THE INDEX — June 24, 2009
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in THE INDEX | Comments
Two officials at the Iranian embassy in London were expelled on Tuesday on the orders of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The move comes just a day after the Iranian ...Continue reading . . .