Middle East specialist Joseph Braude is the author of Broadcasting Change: Arabic Media as a Catalyst for Liberalism (Rowman & Littlefield). He is Advisor to the Al-Mesbar Center for Research and Studies and tweets@josephbraude.
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U.S. Midterm Races Heat Up
U.S. Congressional midterm elections, slated for November 6, were widely viewed earlier this year as an easy opportunity for Democrats to regain a majority in Congress and perhaps even the Senate. But in recent weeks, Republicans have won back some momentum, and Democratic pollsters and pundits...
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Full Steam Ahead on Iran Sanctions
New American sanctions were leveled against Iran this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Tehran’s “Basic Resistance Force” — an affiliate of the IRGC — together with 22 connected financial entities are now “specially designated global terrorists.” The decision freezes...
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While Iran Oil Exports Plummet, the U.S. Presses on with Sanctions
The Iranian government appeared to take heart on Tuesday when Nikki Haley, the outspoken U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, announced that she would be resigning at the end of the year. The Iranian mission to the UN released a statement welcoming her departure as a relief. Haley had led the...
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A Week of Boiling Tensions Over Iran
Last week saw heightened tension in international policy deliberation over Iran. A foiled Iranian bomb plot in Paris, new revelations of a secret Iranian nuclear facility, and anxiety over imminent U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil sector conspired to heat up rhetoric and raise concerns about the...
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At UN, Trump Challenges the World to Isolate Iran, Toughens Line on Syria
In his annual speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stern message to Iran, its proxies, and any international elements that enable it. “Iran’s leaders sow chaos, death, and destruction,” he said. “They do not respect their neighbors or borders, or the...
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Iran’s Isolation Brings Defiance and Collateral Damage
Earlier this week in Tehran, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made comments placing blame on Hassan Rouhani for the present economic crisis in his country. Rouhani had crossed “red lines” in nuclear talks with the Obama Administration, Khomeini said, implying that he had ceded more...
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U.S. Snapback Sanctions on Iran Kick In
Iranians walk by mural painting of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on August 7, 2018. (Getty Images)...
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A New War of Words Between Tehran and Washington
President Trump issued a strongly worded all-caps, late-night tweet after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) said that war with Iran would be "the mother of all wars and peace with Iran is the mother of all peace." (AP)...
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Trump Sparks Furor in Helsinki, Then Says He Misspoke
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak to the media during a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. (Getty)...
07 September,2018
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