New Statesman - <![CDATA[Ali M Ansari]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ali_m_ansari en <![CDATA[Dictators: Reform and the mullahs]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200609040032 http://www.newstatesman.com/200609040032 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT Ali M Ansari Ali M Ansari on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran

]]> <![CDATA[The perils of excess]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606260053 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606260053 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Ali M Ansari Mirrors of the Unseen: journeys in Iran Jason Elliot Picador, 407pp, £16.99 ISBN 033048656X

]]> <![CDATA[The cold war has become warmer]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200508220013 http://www.newstatesman.com/200508220013 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT Ali M Ansari Encouraged by US policy failures in the Middle East, Iran is taking a more robust stance

]]> <![CDATA[A reality check on the "Persian menace"]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200502140006 http://www.newstatesman.com/200502140006 Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:00:00 GMT Ali M Ansari Iran - Should we fear Iran? Experience has taught its people that war is expensive in both human and material terms and that they are not very good at it

]]> <![CDATA[No longer fooled by the west]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200410180005 http://www.newstatesman.com/200410180005 Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT Ali M Ansari When Britain failed to help liberal Iranians depose their autocratic regime, it lost crucial allies

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