Targeting Iran
Conscription Into Revolutionary Guards Haunts Iranian Dual Nationals Decades Later
The designation of Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terror group hangs over nuclear talks — and the lives of countless former draftees.
Murtaza Hussain
Murtaza Hussain is a reporter at The Intercept who focuses on national security and foreign policy. He has appeared on CNN, BBC, MSNBC, and other news outlets.
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Not One Bloc or the Other: Ukraine War Shows Emerging Post-American World
Despite being browbeaten by the U.S., a growing number of Asian, African, and Latin American countries are charting a neutral path.
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What Biden Got Right About Arming Ukraine — and Wrong About Sanctioning Russia
As effective as sanctions are at driving Russians into poverty, it’s uncertain whether they will affect the course of the war in Ukraine.
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Lesson From Ukraine: Breaking Promises to Small Countries Means They’ll Never Give Up Nukes
In the 1990s, world powers promised Ukraine that if it disarmed, they would not violate its security. That promise was broken.
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How Putin's Designs on Ukraine Reflect the "Dangerous Nostalgia" of a Lost Empire
At a U.N. Security Council meeting, a speech by Kenyan Ambassador Martin Kimani struck at the heart of the crisis set off by Russia's aggression.
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Killing of ISIS Leader Shows That U.S. Forever Wars Will Never End
Biden’s claim that the world has been made safer by the killing of yet another terrorist leader is hard to credit.
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UAE's Security Bubble Is Punctured by Its Role in Yemen War
Missile attacks on the UAE are the result of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed turning the Emirates into an active belligerent in Yemen.
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Contra a Billionaire Bro: Why We Should Care About China's Rights Violations in Xinjiang
Even hypocritical criticisms exchanged by superpowers can do good. Over the last century, history shows that they have.
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New Novel Glimpses the Dangers Facing the Impending "Asian Century"
Pankaj Mishra's "Run and Hide" shows how Asia’s ascendance will not be any less chaotic than that of the West.
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The Silence — or Worse — of Human Rights Hawks on U.S. Sanctions Against Afghanistan
When opposing the withdrawal from Afghanistan, D.C. hawks crowed about human rights. With U.S. sanctions causing starvation? Not so much.