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Month: January 2026

IRAN & PREEMPTIVE WAR: THEORY

Iran now treats hostile rhetoric as casus belli—preemption is on the table. As nuclear and missile programs recover, could Tehran launch blitz to shatter Israel’s OODA loop and paralyze its inner rings before Tel Aviv can move? First mover seizes initiative…

Shivan General History and Politics, Iran, Middle East Politics, Warfare and Technology Leave a comment 2026-01-072026-01-07 6 Minutes

DEMOCRACY IN IRAN

The “collective west” pontificates about democracy, freedom, civil rights, and civil liberties in Iran, but Iran’s experiences (ca. 1860s to 1979) with foreign powers are of political domination and resource extraction. Organic democratic reforms in Iran were quashed by the west.

Shivan General History and Politics, Iran, Middle East History, Middle East Politics Leave a comment 2026-01-052026-01-05 5 Minutes
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