It is a well-established fact that politicians and diplomats from many nations often resort to falsehoods or misleading statements to...

In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini and Sahil V. Shah present an analysis of the ongoing crisis surrounding...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its senior commanders, often referred to as “Sardars,” have long been subjects of...

The Warsaw Pact, officially known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, was a military alliance established on...

Benedict Anderson’s concept of “imagined communities” posits that nations are socially constructed entities, where members envision a shared communion despite...

Introduction Human rights are the foundation of individual freedom and dignity, encompassing the liberty to make personal choices, the freedom...

For years, Tucker Carlson enjoyed unprecedented freedom to challenge prevailing social and political narratives in America, seemingly immune to political...

Despite the enthusiastic commentary and widespread reporting, Americans often exhibit a practical sense of cautious concern and predictable worries—some of...

At the outset, I must state that I fundamentally disagree with John Mearsheimer’s realist interpretation of the Middle East, particularly...

Turkey has voiced deep and multifaceted concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions, driven by a complex interplay of regional security, stability,...

Akbar Ganji’s essay, first published in Foreign Affairs in August 2013 and later republished, provides a detailed yet arguably biased...

In my earlier works, I did not hesitate to critique various members of the Iranian elite—those whom I regarded as...

Democracy, at its core, is not about enabling or legitimizing false or harmful narratives. Rather, it is founded on principles...

Language is a fundamental element in the cultivation and empowerment of nationalism. It acts as a crucial mechanism through which...

بیانیۀ۱۴ به ظاهر نواندیش دینی در دفاع از اعتراض‌های عمومی مردم ایران و تایید کشتار توسط عوامل خارجی این واقعیت‌که هر اقدام اعتراضیِ...

The fact that every collective protest action ends in bloodshed is a clear and undeniable sign of a structural crisis...

Regime Atrocities: The Iranian regime’s criminal acts and human rights violations extend beyond its borders, threatening regional and global stability. Ideological...

Is the West ensnared in a cycle of Repetition Compulsion? Sigmund Freud once described repetition compulsion as an unconscious urge...

Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, first under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini and later Ayatollah Khamenei,...