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Raghu Kondori

Raghu Kondori

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The Story That Changed the Middle East

The Story That Changed the Middle East

How a Strategic Narrative Reshaped Iran, Iraq, and the KRG In geopolitics, what governments believe happened often matters more than what actually...

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Raghu Kondori

A Right-Wing Divide on Iran and Israel

A Right-Wing Divide on Iran and Israel

The populist and the hawk split the New Right architecture over the deployment of American power against Iran and the radical left. A growing divide...

17.07.2026 50

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Raghu Kondori

China vs Taiwan

China vs Taiwan

The Geography of an Unfinished War Why the Taiwan Strait is not only a political dispute, but a structural fault line in the Indo-Pacific balance of...

16.07.2026 50

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Iran: The Strategic Pivot of the 21st Century

How the Strait of Hormuz, Kharg Island, and Iran’s political future could reshape global energy and Middle Eastern geopolitics. Iran is not a...

14.07.2026 50

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Raghu Kondori

The End of Political Islam—and What Comes Next

Across the Middle East, ideological systems that once appeared transformative are entering a more structural phase of strain. The language of...

05.07.2026 70

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Washington’s New Middle East Playbook

Iraq, Lebanon, and the Politics of Conditional Sovereignty A quiet shift is underway in how power is exercised in the Middle East. It is no longer...

30.06.2026 60

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Raghu Kondori

America’s Iran Debate Is Based on a False Choice

America’s Iran debate continues to revolve around a familiar binary: engagement or confrontation. Across administrations, congressional hearings,...

28.06.2026 60

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Raghu Kondori

From London to Tehran: The Crisis of Legitimacy

An analysis of the experience of the Islamic Republic in Iran is incomplete without reference to comparable historical cases in other societies. One...

26.06.2026 50

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Raghu Kondori

The End of Masks

The Battle Over the Future of Iran In the heart of the Lion and Sun national revolution, simultaneous with the suppression of the defenseless people...

24.06.2026 60

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Raghu Kondori

Her Name Was Ghazal

Numbers remain numbers. They carry no faces, no voices, no laughter, no grief We consume them as news, discuss them for a moment, and then move on....

22.06.2026 30

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Somaliland and the New Politics of Recognition

Recognition Isn’t Charity Recognition is not a moral reward. It is power, and in today’s fractured world, power often matters more than...

21.06.2026 80

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Ashraf Pahlavi; A Woman Who Must Be Rediscovered

A famous account is told from the early days of Reza Shah’s exile—days when Allied armies had occupied Iran and the foundation of the First...

20.06.2026 80

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The Pitch as a Battleground

A Goal Celebration and the Politics of Intimidation The Iran–New Zealand World Cup opener in Los Angeles was not merely a football match; it was a...

18.06.2026 50

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Reclaiming the Lion and Sun

With the start of the FIFA World Cup, a question has arisen among us: Does attending the matches of the Iranian national team reinforce the narrative...

16.06.2026 50

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Raghu Kondori

Football, Politics, and the Sun and Lion

Football, Politics, and the Sun and Lion: Shaping the Narrative on the World Cup Stage. With the kickoff of the Football World Cup, a deeply rooted...

14.06.2026 80

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Iran: The Onion Structure of Power

Why the West Misreads Iran’s Resilience: The Onion Structure of Power For nearly half a century, Western capitals have predicted the collapse of the...

12.06.2026 60

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Raghu kondori

Why the IRGC Needs Israel

The Islamic Republic Needs External Conflict to Preserve Internal Power Many analyses of Iran’s confrontation with Israel focus on ideology,...

11.06.2026 70

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