A Bazaari's world: to understand Iran - and perhaps even the future of other parts of the Islamic world, one must understand a man like Mohsen Rafiqdoost
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Rafiqdoost is arguably the second-most powerful person in Iran. He was the Revolutionary Guards' security chief, personally driving Ayatollah Khomeini home from Teheran airport in 1979. The Bonyad is actually a cartel of 1,200 companies spanning the nation, state within a state with clerical backing.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1996
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Proportionalism: what should the United states do in the Third World, when there's too much to do and too much that can't be done
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The US must develop a stable foreign-aid policy that recognizes that development assistance can improve Third World countries but cannot solve all their problems. Aid should be targeted at basic programs to slow deterioration. Intervention should be strictly limited.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1996
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Fort Leavenworth and the eclipse of nationhood
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Fort Leavenworth has long been the Army training center responsible for preparing its most talented officers for future wars. Military intellectuals at Fort Leavenworth today, however, are puzzled by how the military's role will inevitably be shaped in the future.
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1996
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