HeyJaredDouglas Mason
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DOUGLAS MASON | Georgia’s democratic dream turning to nightmare (opens the original)
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The dream of democratic governance for the countries bordering Russia and the former Soviet Union has been persistent for its peoples. Some have made it, some have not. In Georgia’s case it has been possible to imagine that progress towards an open society and accountable government, imperfect as this has been since its exit from the Soviet Union in 1991, was at least the first rungs on the ladder, gains that could be counted on. Substantive democracy, not only an outwardly formal one, means ind
DOUGLAS MASON | The Iran war will turn out to be long and dangerous (opens the original)
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The outline is emerging of a US war with Iran that could go on for years, not months, becoming a stalemate that merges into the Middle East’s many other regional conflicts. Rather than a fully hot war, this could mean cycles of intermittent conflict and relative peace that run on indefinitely. Such a “forever war” would be costly for the region and the world. It could also become far more dangerous as the conflict internationalises. Markets have not fully priced such a stalemate, meaning energy
DOUGLAS MASON | Trump’s Iran war fiasco demonstrates the law of unintended consequences (opens the original)
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The adage that no plan survives contact with the enemy emphasises that perverse results can be expected from actions that are not carefully thought through. And so it is that US President Donald Trump’s reckless war with Iran has produced outcomes worse than the status quo ante. Almost no American war aims have been achieved. Regime change is now less likely than before and may even have been set back decades due to the attacks on Iran having entrenched hardliners. No agreement is in place on re
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