Saïd Amir Arjomand

Writing for PS since 2010
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Saïd Amir Arjomand, the founder of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies, is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Stony Brook Institute for Global Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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The End of Iran’s Islamic Revolution
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The End of Iran’s Islamic Revolution

Aug 20, 2015 Saïd Amir Arjomand says that traditional questions of national interest and realpolitik have come to the fore.

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Remaking Iran
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Remaking Iran

Jul 16, 2014 Saïd Amir Arjomand reflects on President Hassan Rouhani's first year in office.

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Can Rouhani Deliver?
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Can Rouhani Deliver?

Oct 15, 2013 Saïd Amir Arjomand assesses Hassan Rouhani's mandate for diplomacy.

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Iran’s Revolutionary Echoes

Iran’s Revolutionary Echoes

Feb 2, 2010 Saïd Amir Arjomand

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The West’s Arrested Social Development

Helmut K. Anheier

In 1995, the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf argued that developed countries’ “overriding task” for the subsequent decade was to "square the circle of wealth creation, social cohesion, and political freedom.” More than two decades later, most have not even attempted that feat.

Impeachment and the Wider World

Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.