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What’s Not on the Ballot in Iran
As they go to the polls, ordinary Iranians understand that one of the most salient facts of life in Iran–the international sanctions regime–will not be on the ballot.
Kurdistan: The Next Autocracy?
Iraq’s Kurds may at last have their own state. But is it the one they wanted?
Japan’s Katrina Moment
In the cargo-container communities of Japan’s disaster areas, one finds echoes of post-Katrina New Orleans.