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Professor Johns Hopkins-SAIS, Fr Sr Advisor, State Dept, author of Iran's Grand Strategy https://a.co/d/egLBCgz

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Vali Reza Nasr is an Iranian-American academic and political scientist, specializing in Middle Eastern studies and the history of Islam. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019. Nasr is also a Non-Resident Fellow in South Asia at Atlantic Council, and has been described by The Economist as "a leading world authority on Shia Islam". .. more

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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · May 27
Exciting news, my new book Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History is out today 👇🏼
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In New York, Zohran Mamdani showed how it’s done: ‘identity politics’ can win elections | Nesrine Malik
In New York, Zohran Mamdani showed how it’s done: ‘identity politics’ can win elections | Nesrine Malik
New York’s newly elected mayor rooted his campaign in the personal while, ironically, exemplifying the tradition of the American ‘melting pot’, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · 5d
This is truly end of the era of Global War on Terror. The day the architect of that strategy and the Islamophobia that followed 9/11 died, New York elected a Muslim mayor.

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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · 6d
What Trade War? China’s Export Juggernaut Marches On www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
China’s Global Exports Continue to Grow Despite Trump Tariffs
As Trump has imposed steep tariffs on China, American importers are buying much less. But China has offset the decline from the United States with breathtaking speed.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 8d
Forty years after he first visited as a student, historian @willdalrymple.bsky.social takes a road trip across Eastern Anatolia in Turkey, finding restored monuments, new museums and archaeological digs that shed fresh light on the region’s complex past.

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William Dalrymple: rediscovering the ancient wonders of eastern Turkey
Forty years after he first visited as a student, the historian takes a road trip across Eastern Anatolia, finding restored monuments, new museums and archaeological digs that shed fresh light on the region’s complex past
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