Shadi Hamid has written a thoughtful response to my post on weak and reckless democracies: It is hard to imagine a powerful IRGC – being the apparently maximalist actor it is – ever allowing the Greens to take power, unseating its pro-Ahmedinijad allies in the process. A democratic Iran, if it comes to be, will … Continue reading Weak and Reckless Democracies (II)