Today Iran is once again in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the
future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the …

Since his election, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has reversed the more
moderate and pluralistic policies of his predecessor and projected himself onto the public …

How have women in many Muslim-majority countries been able to achieve surprising
success despite the significant constraints imposed by conservative gender ideology and …

From time to time, INSS publishes McNair Papers to provoke thought and inform discussion
on issues of US national security in the post-Cold War era. These monographs present …

The political mobilization of women in the Middle East has been frequently commented upon
in the past few decades. Con-temporary Middle Eastern states have mobilized women under …

The traditional reliance of Near Eastern governments on state intelligence services for
political stability was accentuated in the Cold War's chaotic aftermath. The declining role of …

Is the era of revolution over? Did it end in 1989? And was that such a long time ago, in any
case? It doesn't necessarily seem to be over in places like Mexico (Chiapas), Algeria, Peru …

Scholarly works and public narratives dealing with the mandating of the veil in Iran in the
aftermath of the 1979 revolution often focus on the coercive aspects of the process and …

Abstract The 1979 Iranian Islamic revolution that extremely concerned the Saudis leaders
culminated after the overthrow of a monarchical regime of the Iranian Shah and the power …

Iran, at the exact center of the region considered to be instability island, is a very stunning
example for an international security analysis and studies on terrorism. First of all, it is a …