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Trump and Iran: What Are We Doing Here?
Who knows? But that does not mean it cannot be supported.
 • Kyle Orton
Iran’s Subversive Activities in Britain Have Gone on Long Enough
The Islamic Revolution infrastructure in the West should be uprooted
 • Kyle Orton
Iran’s Supreme Leader is Dead, But the Islamic Republic is Not. Yet.
It will not be easy to overthrow the clerical regime even after Ali Khamenei was killed
 • Kyle Orton
Is Trump Willing to Pull the Trigger on Iran?
Leaks say the U.S. is planning a “more existential” campaign against the Islamic Republic. Trump’s record raises doubts.
 • Kyle Orton
The Russian “Whites” Were Not Monarchists
The anti-Bolshevik forces fought to let Russians choose their government, not to restore the Tsar.
 • Kyle Orton
The Internal Politics of the Islamic Revolution Behind the Seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Iran
Khomeini’s problem was that U.S.-Iranian relations were improving
 • Kyle Orton
The Palestinian Matrix of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
The consequences of 1979 are with us still.
 • Kyle Orton
Trump’s Campaign Against the International Criminal Court is Working
Giving credit where it is due.
 • Kyle Orton
Can We Support Regime Change Even If It Is Delivered by Donald Trump?
Maybe, if he actually delivers one
 • Kyle Orton
Why There is No Peace Between Israel and the Palestinians
A Telling Example From the Oslo Process
 • Kyle Orton
A Myth-Maker of the Soviet Revolution: Maxim Gorky
Widely respected abroad as a literary figure, Gorky whitewashed some of the Soviet regime’s worst crimes
 • Kyle Orton
Weighing the Hope and Uncertainty over Ahmad al-Shara
Taking account of Al-Shara’s past while making policy for Syria’s future
 • Kyle Orton
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