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Beirut’s blast reopens old political wounds, why Europe must stand up for Belarus, and Colombian armed groups spread fear amid lockdown.

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Augusta Saraiva

Trump Has Pushed Iran Into China’s Arms

Hard-liners in Tehran have called for closer ties to China for years. The U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement gave them what they wanted.

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Saeid Jafari

John Hume Left Behind a Peaceful—but Divided—Ireland

The Nobel Peace Laureate helped bring nearly three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland to an end. But reconciliation between the country’s communities remains unrealized.

Obituary |

Dan Haverty

All Bets Are Off in Belarus

Sunday’s election results are predictable, but no one knows what comes next.

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Amy Mackinnon

Mohammad R. Kalantari

Mohammad R. Kalantari is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London. His research focuses on political networks, doctrines, and elite ideologies in the region.

Stories by Mohammad R. Kalantari

Shiite Muslim pilgrims walk in front of posters of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the spiritual leader of the Shiite community Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, and the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement Hasan Nasrallah during their procession from the holy Iraqi city of Najaf to the central shrine city of Karbala on Oct. 12, 2019.

Washington Doesn’t Understand Shiite Clerics in Iran or Iraq

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Mohammad R. Kalantari, Ali Hashem

January 30, 2020, 12:53 PM

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