Inflation
Iran’s Self-Inflicted Wounds
April 23, 2013 | 10:38am
Iran is facing double-digit inflation, high consumer prices, rising unemployment, and anemic economic growth, according to a ne
Report: Iran’s Economy Shrank in 2012
April 16, 2013 | 12:20pm
Iran’s economy has shrunk for the first time in more than twenty years.
The Islamists Are Coming
The Islamists Are Coming, edited by Robin Wright, surveys the rise of Islamist groups in the wake of the Arab Spring. Often lumped together, the more than 50 Islamist parties with millions of followers now constitute a whole new spectrum—separate from either militants or secular parties. They will shape the new order in the world’s most volatile region more than any other political bloc. Yet they have diverse goals and different constituencies. Sometimes they are even rivals.
