Word: islamicism
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Khamenei was quoted as saying, "In the elections, voters had different tendencies but they equally believe in the ruling system and support the Islamic Republic."
Not that Iran won't seek agreements with U.S. on areas of conflict that could lead to confrontation. Khamenei may believe that his regime's best hope of survival is keeping his country on a war-footing against an external enemy, but an actual war would be disastrous for the...
Analysts fear that the deteriorating economic climate, a legacy of ineffectual governance, and an increasingly frustrated population may feed into the designs of established militant groups in the region. The Ferghana Valley, the most densely populated pocket of Central Asia, straddles the Uzbek, Tajik and Kyrgyz borders, and is home...
The specter of an Islamist threat has often worked in favor of the region's governments. After 9/11, U.S. Central Asian strategy was dictated largely by the Department of Defense under Donald Rumsfeld. Uzbekistan, ruled its entire independent life by the iron-fisted Islam Karimov, was brought into the fold...
As much as some Iranian conservatives may wish otherwise, the Islamic republic has never been able to seal tight state rule over society: it is a sloppy authoritarian state with elements of democracy. Iranian democracy may not be recognizably Western, but its dynamic seeps into the highest echelons of power...