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Davos forum buffeted by a world of contradictory forces

One of the laziest truisms heard from political speeches, conferences or, dare I say it, newspaper columns is the claim that we live at “a time of uncertainty.” This is always true, for no one can ever know what the future holds. As 3,000 businesspeople, policymakers, media and

The Iranian Islamic Republic’s nine lives

The images from Tehran and other Iranian cities are undeniably dramatic. Protesters chanting for regime change, security forces firing on demonstrators, thousands reported killed in what’s being described as the largest uprising since 1979. The Washington think tank circuit is