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The Other Regional Counter-Revolution: Iran’s Role in the Shifting Political Landscape of the Middle East Iraqi security forces firing tear gas and live rounds into a crowd of demonstrators during the 2019 Tishreen (October) uprising The last decade has seen historic political upheavals across the Middle East and North Africa: a tsunami of popular uprisings that have brought down several dictators and led to momentous transformations in political consciousness, if not always to democratic outcomes. But the last decade has also seen a concomitant counter-revolutionary roll-back across the re...

A hundred or so years ago the discovery of gold somewhere in the ‘new’ world triggered a new disease of the mind.  Thousands of men (and some women) left where ever they were and raced off to join in a frantic search for gold.  The gold seekers often risked everything – including their lives in the search for gold.  Over the 19th Century major gold rushes took place across the world in Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States.  In each place, the gold frenzy lasted a few years or maybe more and then faded away.  Once the gold ra...