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.

Political activity, Biography, Interview, Corporations, Islam, Iran, Political corruption, Powers and duties, Islamic fundamentalism, Religion and state, Islam and state, Rafiqdoost, Mohsen, Bonyad-e Mostazafan

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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.

Management, International relations, Developing countries, Economic assistance, Foreign economic assistance, United States foreign relations, Intervention (International law), Military intervention

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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.

Analysis, History, Training, Military policy, Military personnel, Military education, Military art and science, Military science, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

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