EP 51 - Vali Nasr: Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History

EP 51 - Vali Nasr: Iran's Grand Strategy: A P...

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In episode 54 of Tahrir Podcast, Killian Clarke joined to discuss his new book, "Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed" (Cambridge University Press, 2025)⁠.The book offers one of the first systematic studies of counterrevolution. Drawing on global data sinc ...  Show more

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