Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzeris an American author, journalist and academic. A former newspaper reporter, the veteran New York Times correspondent has filed stories from more than fifty countries on five continents, as well as published several books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth4 August 1951
CountryUnited States of America
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The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.
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The dramatic rise of Turkey in the councils of world power was one of the main geopolitical developments of 2010.
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As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side.
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For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner.
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Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does.
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Archaeologists have made discoveries that challenge fundamental traditions of Judaism as well as those of Christianity and Islam.
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Iranians launched their constitutional revolution in 1906 and established their parliament soon afterward.
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As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.
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Iran's most formidable modern leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi, was obsessed with the idea of building a steel mill, but in 1941, soon after he assembled all the components, Allied armies invaded Iran, and the project had to be abandoned.
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Congress, it turns out, is filled with Republicans and Democrats eager to act as enablers for the most repressive forces in Iran.
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The United States has means to wound Latin American countries deeply, chiefly by altering trade policies to cut imports in ways that would throw thousands out of work.
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The United States has dealt with the Middle East and surrounding regions for many decades in the context of the Cold War.
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During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a 'third force' in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.
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No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.