Middle East
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Open Thread: India, Israel, US & Iran
An open thread asking what has happened in the Middle East over the past six weeks, and whether India-US relations have become shakier.
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Book Review: Grand Delusion; the Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East
Hamid Hussain reviews Steven Simon’s Grand Delusion, which argues that American policymakers persistently believed military force alone could deliver lasting change and security in the Middle East, and traces how…
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How Indian are Pakistanis (vs. non-Indian)
The author argues that affluent, liberal Pakistanis understate Pakistan’s cultural ties to the wider Middle East and fixate on India instead, citing a 2012 Aspen Institute panel where Pakistan’s speaker…
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The Middle East at night from space or the ancient borders of Cyrus’s Empire
A Vox map of the Middle East at night, with its text on viewing the region without political borders. The poster adds a map of Cyrus the Great’s empire at…
