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December 7, 2016

How Not to Repeat Past Mistakes on Iran

To the clerical regime, improved relations with the West are an existential threat.

Since the Islamic Republic’s creation in 1979, writes Ray Takeyh, American policymakers have repeatedly erred by trying to play “moderates” vs. “hardliners” while shying away from using—or threatening to use—force. Donald Trump would do well to learn from his predecessors’ failures as well as their successes:

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December 7, 2016

  1. Will the Palestinian Authority Pay Salaries to Arsonists?

    If it does, a few fire trucks seem like an empty gesture.

  2. The UN and the Arab States Are Responsible for the Misery in the Shuafat Refugee Camp

    Hostages of UNRWA.

  3. How Not to Repeat Past Mistakes on Iran

    To the clerical regime, improved relations with the West are an existential threat.

  4. Does a Talmudic Tale Contain a Call for Revolt against Rome?

    Rabbi Akiva’s laugh, the fox, and Emperor Hadrian.

  5. Jacob’s Sheep Come to Israel

    For the first time in millennia.