Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2247
New plans for naval modernization;
The end of the Russo-Israeli entente
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Iran Strategy Brief No. 11: Iran’s Complicated Post-JCPOA Nuclear Path
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s May 8th decision to formally end America’s participation in the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), there has been significant speculation about potential responses on the part of the Iranian leadership.
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2243
The ongoing fallout from Helsinki;
New energy talks with Kyiv
Global Islamism Monitor: No. 54
Vienna takes aim at political Islam;
The Islamic State's other cadres;
Jordan grapples with Syrian spillover;
An unlikely union in Afghanistan;
Worries over Wahabbism in Kuala Lumpur
Iran’s New Revolutionary Moment
Thirteen years ago, as the Bush administration and its "freedom agenda" entered its second term in office, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman took the pulse of popular sentiment in Iran, and came away with some surprising conclusions. Iran, Friedman heard from Iranian expatriates and regime insiders, was the ultimate "red state," where the population did not share the ruling regime's hatred of the West and where people craved greater freedom and democracy.