Geopolitical Weekly

Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

An anomalous chant at Friday prayers July 17 at Tehran University is one of several indicators that has pushed the United States -- and STRATFOR -- to revise its net assessment of Iran.

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Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

The success of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan boils down to whether Washington will gain an intelligence edge over the Taliban before the Taliban inflicts enough casualties to shift Western public opinion against the war.

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Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

The U.S.-Russian geopolitical divide remains as deep as ever after the just-concluded Moscow Summit.

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Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

Rather than a social uprising against the regime, the real post-election crisis in Iran was a complex struggle within the regime.

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Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

In spite of the media fury, the Tehran demonstrations do not amount to a mass revolution, and even in a zero-vote fraud scenario Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would have done quite well in Iran's recent presidential election. The unsuccessful protests against Iran's presidential election have masked the real show, a massive crisis in the Iranian elite.

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Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

Despite the sound and fury surrounding Iran's recent presidential election, the underlying reality of the Iranian dynamic remains unchanged.

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Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

In a game-changing move, U.S. President Barack Obama has elevated the two-state issue to a new level.

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Dissecting the Chinese Miracle

The global recession is the year's biggest issue.

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