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When Promoting Democracy Is Counterproductive

By HALEH ESFANDIARI and ROBERT S. LITWAK

When President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran addressed faculty members and students at Columbia University last month, he invited everyone present to visit Iran and to engage the faculty members and students at its 400 universities. He failed to mention that Iran's academics refrain from accepting invitations...

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