C Raja Mohan writes: Costs of permanent revolution are catching up with Tehran
Four dynamics — rigidity, fracture, decay, and war — do not operate in isolation. They reinforce one another. Within this tightening vice, Iran’s room for strategic manoeuvre is shrinking
As Iran confronts existential threat, its minorities will shape internal contest and political modernisation in Middle East
Nation-building across the post-colonial world has always wrestled with these twin imperatives: Centralisation for state-building, and accommodation of minorities for widest possible political legitimacy. Only a few have managed the […]