Penned from the crooked
timber of humanity
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The Long Road Out of Iran
Leaving Iran I was born in Tehran in 1982, in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. My mother, Zohreh, and my father, Abbas, as well as one (perhaps…
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Stalin and the Jewish Question
[Stalin’s] fear of western penetration [after World War II] featured even more strongly in the purge of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAFC). The JAFC was one of a number of…
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If you are not a soldier by proxy, you are an intelligence officer by proxy.
Matthew Ford’s War in the Age of the Smartphone is an essential companion for anyone seeking to understand the changing nature of conflict in the digital age. Just as World…