Pressure Points tracks developments in the Middle East and democratization and human rights issues globally.
The disqualification of most of the men who sought to run in Iran’s presidential election has left a narrow field…
There are many ways to measure the success of American foreign policy, and popularity is not necessarily the best one….
As the “Arab Spring” swept the fake republics of North Africa–Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt–Algeria seemed immune. Media reports dwelled on…
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has now declared his candidacy for president of Iran, and many Western media accounts suggest that…
Much has been written about whether the instability in Iraq, the warfare in Syria and the crises this causes for…
