Amir Taheri es periodista iraní formado en Teherán. Era el editor jefe del principal diario de Iran, el Kayhán, hasta la llegada de Jomeini en 1979. Después ha trabajado en Jeune Afrique, el London Sunday Times, el Times, el Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mail, el International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday y el The Washington Post, entre otros. Actualmente trabaja en el semanario alemán Focus, ha publicado más de una veintena de libros traducidos a 20 idiomas, es miembro de Benador Associates y dirige la revista francesa Politique Internationale.

Spending time in the United States after a tour of Iraq can be a disorienting experience these days. Within hours of arriving here, as I can attest from a recent visit, one is confronted with an image of Iraq that is unrecognizable. Descargar PDF

For the past three years, those opposed to the toppling of Saddam Hussein have used that speech and that banner to taunt Bush and claim that the "mission" in Iraq remains unaccomplished. Descargar PDF

While some in Washington still talk of "preemptive war" against "rogue states," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is practicing what could be labelled "preemptive diplomacy." Descargar PDF

One of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election promises was that he and his ministerial team would visit all of Iran's 30 provinces within their first year in office. The idea was to settle long standing local problems in a single sitting of the Cabinet. However, as Ahmadinejad prepares to mark the first anniversary of his presidency it looks increasingly unlikely that he could keep that promise. Descargar PDF

Tired of Aceh, Afghanistan, Algeria, Chechnya and Kashmir as places to do a spot of jihad? Worried Iraq may be a shrinking market for terrorism, and Pakistan tougher than expected? Consider Thailand - where a little publicized war has raged between Muslim Malay insurgents and Bang-kok's army since 2002. Descargar PDF