Category: English
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After The Storm: Gaza, Power, And The Shifting Meaning Of Resistance
Originally published in Oriental Review · October 10, 2025 Since the eruption of the Al-Aqsa Storm operation on October 7, 2023, the Gaza conflict has reshaped the political and moral landscape of the Middle East. Two years on, the battle has evolved beyond military confrontation—it has become a war over…
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Africa Is a Country
The specter of Bandung The specter of Bandung By Peiman Salehi | July 18, 2025 | Politics / Continental | Originally published at Africa Is a Country Kazan, Russia, October 23. Image © Madina Nurmanova via Shutterstock. Once a symbol of anti-imperial unity, BRICS now risks becoming the very thing…
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New Internationalist
How Iranians see the West today How Iranians see the West today By Peiman Salehi | 12 August 2025 | Originally published at New Internationalist It’s a scorching Thursday afternoon in mid-July when I step out of Tehran’s Enghelab Square, the bustling heart of the city’s book market. I’ve just…
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Global Research
When Water Becomes War: The Moral Failure of Global Governance in the Middle East When Water Becomes War: The Moral Failure of Global Governance in the Middle East By Peiman Salehi | Global Research | August 21, 2025 The Middle East today is witnessing a transformation that goes far beyond…
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Responsible Statecraft
China’s big military parade wasn’t a coronation Experts claim Beijing’s grand display means its superpower status is in the mail — not so fast Analysis | Asia-Pacific · Peiman Salehi · Sep 06, 2025 Originally published at Responsible Statecraft (Quincy Institute) Top image credit: VCG via REUTERS (representative image) The…
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The War Didn’t Ask What She Believed: Parnia Abbasi and the Silence That Followed
The War Didn’t Ask What She Believed: Parnia Abbasi and the Silence That Followed By Peiman Salehi | Posted: Sep 8, 2025 | Originally published at MR Online In the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025, as most of Tehran slept, an Israeli missile hit a residential apartment block…
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Israel’s strike on Doha: A turning point for US alliances and Gulf sovereignty
Israel’s strike on Doha: A turning point for US alliances and Gulf sovereignty By Peiman Salehi | September 10, 2025 The Israeli airstrike on Hamas leaders in Doha on 9 September 2025 was far more than a military operation. It represented a direct assault on the sovereignty of a US…
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Beyond multipolarity
Beyond Multipolarity By Peiman Salehi | Published: September 16, 2025 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Beijing, held alongside a military parade and ambitious economic discussions, attracted wide international attention. Many commentators framed the event as proof of the US’s decline and China’s rise. Across the Middle East and…
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Strategic Signaling or Tactical Patience? What Larijani’s Visit to Moscow Means for Tehran’s Foreign Policy Written by Peiman Salehi — July 22, 2025 On July 20, 2025, Ali Larijani, senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader and former speaker of parliament, made a discreet but highly symbolic visit to Moscow, where…
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Iran challenges the West not just militarily, but philosophically
By Peiman Salehi After more than four decades since the Islamic Revolution, it remains clear that many Western policymakers still don’t understand Iran. But perhaps the problem isn’t only Iran it’s the limits of a worldview that assumes liberal norms are universally applicable. People continue their daily life under the…
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