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Mehdi Khalaji

Mehdi Khalaji

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Mehdi Khalaji is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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  1. The Rowhani Front
    px2836.jpg Pedro Molina

    The Rowhani Front

    Jun 19, 2013 Mehdi Khalaji

  2. After Ahmadinejad
    ve1115c.jpg Chris Van Es

    After Ahmadinejad

    May 22, 2013 Mehdi Khalaji

  3. The Enduring Egypt-Iran Divide
    dr4631c.jpg Dean Rohrer

    The Enduring Egypt-Iran Divide

    Dec 31, 2012 Mehdi Khalaji

  4. Iran’s Electoral Strategy
    8172a60246f86fe009229866_px1953c.jpg Pedro Molina

    Iran’s Electoral Strategy

    Sep 12, 2012 Mehdi Khalaji

  5. The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise
    pa2176c.jpg Paul Lachine

    The Ayatollah Contemplates Compromise

    May 9, 2012 Mehdi Khalaji

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    China Shuts Down Its International-Adoption Machine

    Yi Fuxian welcomes the government's apparent recognition that a severe demographic crisis looms.
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    From the Year of Elections to the Year of Governance

    Adam Nelson & Kristen Sample highlight five major challenges reformist governments must confront to minimize populist threats.
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    Africa’s Path to Green Prosperity

    Erik Berglöf highlights the potential that a young population and abundant renewable-energy resources represent.
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    Saving the Planet from Plastics

    Jayati Ghosh explains why recycling alone is not enough to mitigate the health and climate effects of overproduction.
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    What Harris and Trump Will Do

    With less than two months to go until the US presidential election, the candidates’ opposing worldviews, objectives, and priorities – and their implications for international relations, the economy, and democracy – have come into sharper focus. While it is impossible to know exactly what a leader will do once in office, the contours of both a Donald Trump and a Kamala Harris presidency are remarkably well defined.

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    The Big Picture

    PS editors
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    Macron’s Trial by Fire

    Hugo Drochon

    Since the start of the Olympic Summer Games in Paris, Emmanuel Macron has reclaimed the initiative and confronted a political situation that is in many ways unprecedented for a French president. Not only has the center held, but the country may have a return to political stability in its sights.

     reflects on the French president's efforts to maintain control after a painful election season.
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    Kamala Harris’s Liberal Patriotism

    Andrés Velasco & Daniel Brieba explain why the Democratic US presidential candidate's appeal to love of country is good politics.
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    Confronting Africa’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

    Hippolyte Fofack urges governments to rethink constraints on public spending and increase investment in human capital.

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