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The Lowdown: At first glance, the report confirms what you probably already knew: health-wise, you're better off living in a rich country than in a poor one. Though they're home to less than half of the world's vehicles, low- and middle-income countries account for more...
The recent surprising developments reaffirm the humbling nature of Iran analysis. But U.S. experts who are routinely forced to rethink their conclusions are in good company this time. "If Khamenei gets it wrong and doesn't really understand how the Iranian people are likely to see this, then we have...
Among the earliest of these prophets is Hosea, who is thought to have written in the 8th century B.C.E. Rejecting a Solomonic view - that immersion in the larger world could make Israel richer - Hosea insists the game is zero-sum: when Israel "mixes himself with the peoples ... foreigners devour his...
Despite clerical restrictions, the country's democratic institutions have been capable of surprising and rebuking the conservative mullahs - as occurred in 1997, when reformist Mohammed Khatami won the presidency by a landslide. But if Khatami's failed reformist tenure highlighted the limits of the power of Iran's presidency, the...
Although the Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei initially congratulated incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election and called the elections a "divine assessment," he took a surprising step Monday by asking the Guardian Council to investigate Mousavi's allegations "with precision," and called on Mousavi to follow existing concerns...