Report Author:
Abbas Milani
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    CLERICAL AUTHORITARIANISM
    Abbas Milani
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    NOTES
    1. See Akbar Ganji, “The Latter-Day Sultan,” Foreign Affairs (November/December 2008).
    2. In two articles, this author has argued that Iran is a form of apartheid democracy. See Abbas Milani, “Pious Populism,” Boston Review (December 2007) and “Persian Politicking,” Democracy: A Journal of Ideas (October 2008).
    3. For a discussion of these developments, see Israel Elad Altman, “Iran and the Arabs: The Shi‘itization Controversy Between Al-Qaradawi and Iran,” Iran-Pulse no. 25 (October 24, 2008).
    4. Keyhan, August 21, 2008 (21 Mordad 1387).
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    On June 4, 2009, a high level conference in Washington DC launched the "Undermining Democracy: 21st Century Authoritarians" study.
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