Biden’s hostage diplomacy, explained Danielle Gilbert - September 20, 2023 It's a marriage of concessions and sanctions.
Will Venezuela’s military back — or abandon — Maduro? Here are the 4 things it will consider. Eva Bellin and David Pion-Berlin - February 1, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83327" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Security forces guard the entrance of
What Trump doesn’t get about ideology in Iran. It’s about nationalism, not theocracy. Shervin Malekzadeh - June 25, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74879" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Iranian fans at a stadium before
Trump wants to wring a ‘better deal’ from Iran. Here’s why that’s so unlikely. Nicholas Miller - May 8, 2018 Within the next few days, the Trump administration will decide
Why is Iran arresting its protesting youths? Shervin Malekzadeh - January 10, 2018 [caption id="attachment_67954" align="aligncenter" width="960"] University students attend an anti-government protest
Why haven’t reformists joined the protests sweeping Iran? Ali Kadivar - January 5, 2018 [caption id="attachment_67875" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Anti-riot Iranian police prevent university students
Iranian President Rouhani won reelection. Here’s how reformists got him there. Ali Kadivar - May 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58718" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supporters of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Here’s how Trump-Pence policy is already affecting LGBT lives in Chechnya Samar Habib - May 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58288" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A protester holds a placard with a
Iran’s holding presidential elections. Here are the candidates to watch. Farzan Sabet - April 27, 2017 [caption id="attachment_57385" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the
Why the death of Iran’s leading moderate could strengthen its reformists Hossein Mahdavi - January 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52890" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, foreground
There’s a battle in Iran over the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps business empire Nader Habibi and Eric Lob - January 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52079" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Iran's Supreme Leader tyatollah Ali Khamenei
How elections are secularizing Iranian politics Shervin Malekzadeh - May 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40789" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A man distributes electoral posters in
Why unarmed revolutions topple some dictators but not others Daniel Ritter - May 13, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40505" align="aligncenter" width="908"] An anti-government protester flashes a V
People think that economic sanctions hurt Putin and helped undermine apartheid in South Africa. They’re wrong. Sam Winter-Levy and Nikita Lalwani - May 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39938" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Russia's Bank Rossiya has been targeted
How Iranians’ use of an app is changing politics and civil society Shervin Malekzadeh - April 26, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39706" align="aligncenter" width="908"] An Iranian woman takes pictures with
Why the triumph of moderates is a setback to Iranian democracy Mohammad Tabaar - March 9, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36973" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iranian voters fill out their ballots
Iran’s election wasn’t about moderation or democracy. It was about how Iran will re-engage with the world. Hossein Mahdavi - March 3, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36711" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during
How women, the Green Movement and an app shaped Iran’s elections Narges Bajoghli - March 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36611" align="aligncenter" width="908"] An Iranian voter shows her hand
How Rouhani could lose even if reformists win Iran’s election Payam Mohseni - February 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36313" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani briefs
What Iran’s textbooks can teach us about sectarianism and ancient hatreds Shervin Malekzadeh - January 25, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34694" align="aligncenter" width="908"] The Iranian flag flies in front
Why France is so deeply entangled in Syria Samuel Ramani - November 19, 2015 On Nov. 14, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad declared that French
What Iran will really do with its sanctions relief windfall Eric Lob - November 4, 2015 [caption id="attachment_31702" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Why did Iran’s parliament hold hearings on the nuclear deal? Hossein Mahdavi - October 6, 2015 [caption id="attachment_30277" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A general view of Iran's parliament
The new business of education in Iran Shervin Malekzadeh - August 19, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28645" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iranian school girls attend a parliament
Why did Iran make a nuclear deal now? Rupal Mehta - July 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27560" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] A mushroom cloud rises with ships
What’s really at stake in the Iran deal? Identity politics. Sidra Hamidi - July 16, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27547" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, speaking in
What's really at stake in the Iran deal? Identity politics. - July 16, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27547" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, speaking in
Iran's political economy under and after the sanctions - April 23, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23909" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] A shopkeeper counts Iranian bank
Iran’s political economy under and after the sanctions Kevan Harris - April 23, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23909" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] A shopkeeper counts Iranian bank
Iran's conservative consensus on the nuclear deal - April 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23787" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] Traditional conservative and Iranian Judiciary
Iran’s conservative consensus on the nuclear deal Farzan Sabet - April 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23787" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] Traditional conservative and Iranian Judiciary
Understanding Iran's supreme leader on the nuclear deal - April 14, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23725" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] A handout photo released Feb.
Understanding Iran’s supreme leader on the nuclear deal Eric Lob and Hossein Mahdavi - April 14, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23725" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] A handout photo released Feb.
Where Iran's hard-liners diverge from the moderates - April 8, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23529" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
Where Iran’s hard-liners diverge from the moderates Shervin Malekzadeh - April 8, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23529" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
Strategic anti-Americanism in Iran from the hostage crisis to nuclear talks Mohammad Tabaar - November 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17734" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An Iranian woman stands in front
The decline of Iran’s Blogestan Mahsa Alimardani, Fred Petrossian, and Arash Abadpour - April 11, 2014 [caption id="attachment_9330" align="aligncenter" width="1000" special=""] An Iranian uses a computer
Saudi Arabia’s Muslim Brotherhood predicament Stéphane Lacroix - March 20, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special="POOL PHOTO A SUNDAY, JAN. 5,
Why biology belongs in the study of politics John Sides - November 27, 2013 [caption id="attachment_3569" align="aligncenter" width="542" special=""] (Gerald Herbert / AP)[/caption] This
They Said No: 2013 Iranian Presidential Post-Election Report Joshua Tucker - June 17, 2013 Continuing our series of election reports, the following post-election report
Hello Kettle, this is the Pot Calling: Iran Edition (again) Joshua Tucker - September 9, 2011 Can someone who knows something about Iranian politics please explain
Dual(ing?) Executives Joshua Tucker - June 23, 2011 The NY Times has a "feature article today":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html on Iranian
What Eastern Europe teaches us about Egypt: Short Term Optimism and Medium Term Pessimism Joshua Tucker - February 1, 2011 I am pleased to welcome back frequent Monkey Cage contributor
Correct Model for the Iranian Revolution? Joshua Tucker - June 26, 2009 Here's something to spark discussion over the weekend. Is it
Lessons from Iran: Ballot Stuffing, “Destuffing”, and Thoughts on Boycotts Joshua Tucker - June 22, 2009 Mark this down as a prediction: when scholars start writing
Combining findings at the Province and County Level from Iran’s Election Andrew Gelman - June 21, 2009 Alex Scacco and Bernd Beber follow up on their analysis
And Yet More on Twitter and Iran Henry Farrell - June 18, 2009 Stephen Hawking once wrote a paper where the title of
Mebane on possible electoral fraud in Iran Henry Farrell - June 18, 2009 Via "Mark Blumenthal":http://www.pollster.com/blogs/mebane_moderately_strong_suppo.php , this short "research note":http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wmebane/note18jun2009.pdf by Walter
The Twitter revolution debate: a summary Henry Farrell - June 16, 2009 "Dan Nexon:":http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2009/06/poor-information-as-catalyst-to.html bq. Some comments from a friend of Iranian
Things to Keep an Eye on in Iran (plus pre-election polling data) Joshua Tucker - June 12, 2009 As a follow up to my "previous post":https://themonkeycage.org/2009/06/just_what_is_iran_1.html, things are
Just What is Iran? Joshua Tucker - June 12, 2009 As Iranians head to the polls today for presidential elections
Name Those Candidates John Sides - June 5, 2009 Candidate A says that his opponent has a foreign policy