Kevin L.

Schwartz

Iran and Middle East Scholar

Commentator on U.S. Foreign Affairs

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If you drink wine, scatter a gulp on the ground why fear from that sin that spreads benefit? -Hafez

PUBLICATIONS > OPINION

Bludgeoning of Kashmir and Anti-Muslim Violence
The New Arab

Time to Consider Freedoms Opposed by US Allies in the Middle East
The Hill

War with Iran: The Pretext of Proxies
LobeLog

John Bolton and Washington's Iran Policy Industry
Al Jazeera

Yemen: Graveyard of U.S. Policy Myths
War on the Rocks

The Muslim as 'Manchurian Candidate'
Al Jazeera

Iran and the Destabilisation of the Middle East
The New Arab

The President's Persian Poetry
Words Without Borders

What Constitutes Terrorism in Syria?
Al Jazeera America

Hyping a Proxy War in Yemen
Counterpunch

The Resurfacing of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The New Arab

Syrian Civil War: US Should not Arm the Rebels
Al Jazeera

US Drone Complex Bureaucratizes Murder
Al Jazeera America

Critics Ostracize a Rational 'Qatar First' Policy
The Hill

Beyond 28 Pages: Saudi Arabia and the West
Counterpunch

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Hyping a Proxy War in Yemen Counterpunch