The Role of Villain: Iran and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Islamic Republic of Iran has become, in two senses, an extraordinary preoccupation of the United States. One sense is that Iran is the subject of a strikingly large proportion of discourse about U.S. foreign policy. American pundits and politicians repeatedly mention Iran, usually with specific...
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