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The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed
U.S.-Iranian Relations Emerge from a 30-Year Cold War
• July 28, 2015
• 2,500 Words • 42 Comments • Reply
Don't sweat the details of the July nuclear accord between the United States and Iran. What matters is that the calculus of power in the Middle East just changed in significant ways. Washington and Tehran announced their nuclear agreement on July 14th and yes, some of the details are still classified. Of course the Obama... Read More
The Iranian Ascendancy
Twelve Years Later, We Know the Winner in Iraq: Iran
• April 12, 2015
• 3,500 Words • 1 Comment • Reply
The U.S. is running around in circles in the Middle East, patching together coalitions here, acquiring strange bedfellows there, and in location after location trying to figure out who the enemy of its enemy actually is. The result is just what you'd expect: chaos further undermining whatever’s left of the nations whose frailty birthed the... Read More
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About Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq serving as Team Leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) as a State Department Foreign Service Officer. Now in Washington, he writes about Iraq and the Middle East at his blog We Meant Well. His book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the War for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (The American Empire Project, Metropolitan Books) will be published this September.


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American Pravda: Oddities of the Jewish Religion • 55m ▶
The Surprising Elements of Talmudic Judaism
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The 7 Tribes of Intellect
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What Race Were the Greeks and Romans?
The evidence is clear — but often ignored
• 609 Comments • Reply
American Pravda: Understanding World War II • 2h31m ▶
The Shaping Event of Our Modern World
• 1,488 Comments • Reply
American Pravda: Holocaust Denial • 2h8m ▶
Analyzing the History of a Controversial Movement
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American Pravda: Mossad Assassinations
The JFK Assassination and the 9/11 Attacks?
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