US troops quitting Iraq leavesTehran a friendly neighbour and trading partner which can act as a pressure valve against international sanctions.
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Iran’s leaders could use the peace dividend to invest in fixing its severe environmental problems.
Iran’s team faces a hostile reception from the US government and some of its brethren in the diaspora. Yet others hope the event will trump politics — for now.
An archaeologist examines the cultural obliteration Iran has incurred as a result of strikes in the US-Israel-Iran conflict. How can such damage be compensated and which global organisations can the country turn to?
By cutting internet access during uprisings, the Iranian regime turns connectivity itself into a mechanism of control.
Like living beyond your financial means, using more water than nature can replenish can have catastrophic results.
While Iran’s current protest movement was sparked by economic collapse, its momentum has revealed ideological disagreements within the dynamics of diaspora politics.
Schools are closing and hospitals are admitting patients suffering from lung diseases as Tehran and other Iranian cities face a severe air pollution crisis.
Iran is suffering huge water shortages. Expert believe there are changes that could help.
Negotiations are possible between the US and Iran, but they will neither be easy nor likely to produce more than limited outcomes.
Addis Ababa’s willingness to work with regional rivals in the Middle East shows its practical approach to foreign relations.
Iran and the US have been at loggerheads for decades. But in recent years much of the conflict has moved into cyberspace.
The story of Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s 804 days as a political prisoner is about more than Iran’s human rights abuses, writes Scott Burchill – the West is no model of international citizenship either.
Despite apparent unity after the killing of an Iranian general by the U.S., deep divisions still mark the Middle Eastern country.
American policymakers and lawmakers are floating unilateral sanctions against Russia, Iran and even Turkey in an effort to change behavior. But research shows sanctions only work in narrow circumstances.
Recent protests in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar are part of a long reform movement, not a new revolution.
Without protection, Iran’s spectacular American- and Italian-designed mid-century structures will be reduced to dust, beams and concrete blocks.
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Executive Co-Director, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
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Research Associate, City St George's, University of London
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Outreach Fellow, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
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Professor Emeritus, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
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Course Leader, MSc Cybercrime, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity and Co-Director of the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime, University of Portsmouth
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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PhD Candidate in political science, Université de Montréal
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PhD candidate, Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University
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Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Archaeologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Programme J&S)., Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Université Paris Nanterre
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Graduate Teaching Associate, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University