A Culture of Defiance
The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue
Nadia Naser-Najjab & Ilan Pappe
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Territorial Imperialism Returns: What Lies Behind the Israeli Assault on Iran?
From Israel’s early alliance with the Shah’s Iran to the rise of messianic Zionism and expanding regional warfare, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 assault on Iran.
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Iran’s Chess Game: The Grandmaster is Not far from Checkmate
By Jeremy Salt In this analysis, Jeremy Salt examines the expanding US-Israeli war on Iran...
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Beyond the Veil of Propaganda: The Realities of Iranian Society
By Hanieh Tarkian Hanieh Tarkian challenges Western narratives on Iran, arguing that it has been...
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Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival
By M. Reza Behnam In this analysis, M. Reza Behnam examines Iran’s modern political identity...
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The Gaza Genocide beneath the Shadows of the Iran War: The Limits of Power
Richard Falk examines the Gaza genocide and the expanding US-Israeli war on Iran as interconnected expressions of a broader geopolitical project.
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BRICS, Global South, and Iran: Multipolarity and Shifting Power
By Iqbal Jassat In this analysis, Iqbal Jassat examines the US-Israeli wars on Iran through...
Territorial Imperialism Returns: What Lies Behind the Israeli Assault on Iran?
From Israel’s early alliance with the Shah’s Iran to the rise of messianic Zionism and expanding regional warfare, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 assault on Iran.
Iran’s Chess Game: The Grandmaster is Not far from Checkmate
By Jeremy Salt In this analysis, Jeremy Salt examines the expanding US-Israeli war on Iran through the metaphor of chess, arguing that Washington and Tel...
Beyond the Veil of Propaganda: The Realities of Iranian Society
By Hanieh Tarkian Hanieh Tarkian challenges Western narratives on Iran, arguing that it has been caricatured to justify aggression. Examining Iran’s social development, scientific rise,...
Resistance as Ideology: Iran’s Political Culture of Survival
By M. Reza Behnam In this analysis, M. Reza Behnam examines Iran’s modern political identity through the intertwined histories of anti-colonial resistance, the 1979 Islamic...
The Gaza Genocide beneath the Shadows of the Iran War: The Limits of Power
Richard Falk examines the Gaza genocide and the expanding US-Israeli war on Iran as interconnected expressions of a broader geopolitical project.
BRICS, Global South, and Iran: Multipolarity and Shifting Power
By Iqbal Jassat In this analysis, Iqbal Jassat examines the US-Israeli wars on Iran through the lens of BRICS and the emerging multipolar order, arguing...
TIMELINE: Iran through the Ages: From Ancient Persia to Modern Resistance
By Thinking Palestine Editors For thousands of years, Iran has stood at the crossroads of empire, trade, culture, and conflict. From the rise of ancient...
Why Didn’t Iran Put Gaza on the Table? A Difficult Answer
From Gaza to Tehran, from the politics of resistance to the limits of regional diplomacy, a pressing question has resurfaced amid the 2026 war: why was Palestine not explicitly placed at the center of Iran’s ceasefire framework?
Deterrence, Doctrine: Revival of Lebanon Front Spells Strategic Disaster for Israel
In this analysis, Robert Inlakesh examines Israel’s evolving war doctrine after October 7, focusing on the renewed Lebanon front.
Blueprint of Failure: On Iran, Gaza, and How Europe Plotted Its Own Irrelevance
By Romana Rubeo From Iran to Palestine, from Ukraine to quiet acquiescence under American dictates, Europe appears increasingly devoid of strategic direction. Worse still, in...
Ilan Pappé
is a professor at the University of Exeter. He was formerly a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa.
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is Senior lecturer in Palestine Studies, European Centre for Palestine Studies- Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.
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Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Ghada Karmi founded the European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) in 2009 in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at Exeter University (Russell Group).
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Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Ghada Karmi founded the European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) in 2009 in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at Exeter University (Russell Group).
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