List of My More Recent Posts on This Blog

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17) A Middle East Institute Panel Discussion about 2026 Iran Protests (January 13, 2026).

16) Interview with NPR "Up First" program about Iran Protests. (Minute 6:50, January 12, 2026). 

15) Interview with Aljazeera about Iran protests (1-9-2026)  

14) Interview with Aljazeera about the December 2025 mass protests in Iran (1-1-2026) 

13) Interview with Aljazeera about Iran-Pakistan relations (8/1/2025)

12) Interview with Aljazeera about the impact of Israeli attacks on Iran's economy (June 17, 2025) 

11) We should be mindful of "Economic War Crimes" (7/14/2024) 

10) THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: ARE CHINA’S INVESTMENTS SENSITIVE TO THE QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE IN A HOST COUNTRY? (July 2023) 

9) Turkey's 2021 Economic Crisis: President Erdogan's Interest Rate policy and the Decline of Lira (December 19, 2021 with occasional updates) 

8) Why the Islamic Republic of Iran has become more tolerant of dessent and violation of Islamic lifestyle? What are the consequences? (November 19 with update)

7) Sudden and unexpected labor strikes after the June 18th Presidential Elections (latest update: June 27th, 2021) 

6) Observations on Iran Presidential Election 2021 (With occasional updates) (2021)  

 
5) Why Democracy is the only political system that is compatible with Islam (2021, with Occasional Updates)

4) China-Turkey Economic Relations (With occasional updates) 

3) Thirteen Lessons from the 13th century (2020, stories added gradually. )

2) The Youth Can Save Us If They Dare To Defy Us (2020) 

1) Failure of Iran's Foreign Policy In Iraq (2020) 

Earlier Articles 

Immigrants Against Over-Immigration (2019)