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The Great Caspian Arms Race

The naval buildup in the Caspian Sea is amplifying regional tensions. It's Russia versus Iran, with three post-Soviet states—and trillions of dollars in oil—in the middle.

Iran: A Green Light for the Future

Urja Mittal, Special to the Pulitzer Center

Urja Mittal is a Pulitzer Center intern at a Washington, DC-area high school.

The future of Iran and the government opposition Green Movement have fallen into murky territory since last June's presidential elections. Now, for some, the reformists' cause is a lost one. But others remain staunch in their beliefs that the opposition is here to stay.

Iran's Political Winds are Shifting

In late December, I received a New Year's e-mail from a former Iranian diplomat. The contact surprised me. I had known the man when I lived in Tehran from 2004 to '07, but I hadn't heard from him in more than two years. In 2007, as the Ahmadinejad administration began tarring its ideological enemies as foreign stooges, he cut relations with me.