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August 04, 2020

The dilemma for the Republican Party is obvious: it represents the well-off. But its dilemma is that the well-off are not a majority. To win an election, the Party needed a strategy. It found one after the crushing defeat of Barry Goldwater in 1964. It became a white grievance party.
——Marvin Zonis

August 04, 2020

A Better Future is Coming

A compelling future driven by the cost of major economic inputs falling to zero.
——Marvin Zonis

July 20, 2020

New Developments in Iranian Politics

A struggle for influence within Iranian politics has recently intensified. So-called “hard-liners” who seek to preserve the “revolutionary” character of Iran and its rule by the Supreme Leader and his clerical allies have been able to win control of Iran’s Parliament. Simultaneously, their ally — The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps — has been spreading its influence to other institutions in the system. Massive efforts are being made for the hard-liners and the IRGC to control the outcome of the next presidential elections in May 2021 and the eventual succession to a new Supreme Leader. Their efforts are risky because until now, competition within the system allowed a safety valve for widespread internal dissension.
——Marvin Zonis

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The Kimchi Matters: Global Business and Local Politics in a Crisis Driven World,
co-authors Daniel Lefkovitz and Sam Wilkin, Chicago: Agate Press, 2003

The Eastern European Opportunity, A Complete Guide and Sourcebook,
co-author Dwight Semler, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1992

Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah,
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991

Khomeini and the Islamic Republic of Iran,
co-author Daniel Brumberg, Cambridge: Harvard Middle East Papers, 1987

The Political Elite of Iran.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976