In this incisive analysis, Amin Saikal, a leading expert on Iranian politics, traces Iran s transition from pro-Western monarchy to Islamic Republic and explores the choices open to Rouhani s moderate reformist government.
Iran at the Crossroads
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Alan Petersen From SARS to Zika, and Ebola to COVID-19, epidemics and pandemics have become...
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Steven Hamilton, Richard Holden In many ways, Australia handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as any...
Australia’s Pandemic Exceptionalism How we crushed the curve but lost the race
Steven Hamilton, Richard Holden In many ways, Australia handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as any country in the world – but what did we get wrong? Australia’s economic policy response to the pandemic was as effective as any other country’s – and dramatically better than most. Was this inevitable? Was it luck? Was it the […]
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Algorithms of Anxiety: Fear in the Digital Age
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