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Jan 10
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Scott Anderson on Why Iran’s Real Revolu...

YASCHA MOUNK
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Yascha Mounk and Scott Anderson discuss how economic collapse has created the conditions for regime change—and what this could mean for the country. Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent and a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. His latest book is King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution—A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Misc ... Show More
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