Iran’s presidential election this May could be considered the most consequential in the country’s post-revolutionary era. It may determine Iran’s trajectory toward a more theocratic, militaristic regime or a more democratic, peaceful one, argues Saeid Gol ...
http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2017/05/16/rouhani_iran_election_polling_... Saeid Golkar, Dina Smeltz May 16, 2017 RealClearWorldMiddle East, Policy & PoliticsPolicy & PoliticsMiddle East Saeid Golkar, Dina Smeltz ...
Anonymous's blog Council Fellow Saeid Golkar discusses Iran's political landscape leading up to the upcoming presidential election on May 19. And hear from Golkar in-person at a Council event on June 13. "Actually this election, in my opi ...
Kim Heys's blog This is the most important election in the history of the Islamic Republic, says Saeid Golkar. Two main candidates, incumbent president Hassan Rouhani and conservative challenger Ebrahim Raisi, face off in tense two-round vote that wi ...
Evan Fazio's blog How did President Trump's first foreign trip go? From the Middle East speech on Islam to the NATO summit in Brussels and the G7 summit in Sicily, Trump's trip was ambitious and full of real and symbolic action. On this wee ...
John Cookson's blog mh_globe-hands_870x480.jpg mh_globe-hands_870x480.jpg Our era’s big ideological struggle, some would have us believe, is between “globalists” and “nationalists,” which pits elites intent on dissolving national borders against a ...
Join the Council on Global Affairs and Ambassador Husam Zomlot for a conversation on politics in Palestine and Israel and the prospects for a lasting peace in the region. Context Background reading and multimedia: Palestine's Man in Washington Neri ...
Bernie Reyes's blog We asked Lilianne Ploumen why family planning was such an important foreign policy priority for her, and when she started getting involved in the issue. See what she said. "Family planning is one of the key foreign policy iss ...
How has terrorism changed since 9/11? Rapid globalization and ubiquitous access to the internet, mobile phones, and social media have created a breeding ground for terrorist communication networks to flourish. By using the dark web and messenger encryptio ...
President Donald Trump recently declared that “the Iran deal was one of the most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.” In response Iranian President Hassan Rouhani commented that “it will be a great pity if this agreement were t ...
