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What You Need to Know About Iran’s Election and New President

In a clear challenge to regime hardliners, Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist and cardiac surgeon, won Iran’s snap presidential election on July 5. The elections were called after President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on May 19. The runoff had been considered a tight race, but Pezeshkian won decisively …

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Amid a Changing Global Order, NATO Looks East

The alliance is deepening its relationships with key Indo-Pacific partners to pull together a more global, like-minded coalition. As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, the Euro-Atlantic security alliance continues to deepen its engagement with Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand, collectively known as the IP4. NATO has …

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