Robin Wright

Robin Wright is a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post. She has been traveling to Iran regularly since 1973 and is the author of four books on the country’s revolutionary ideology, leaders, politics, culture and conflicts. A recipient of the National Magazine Award for her reporting in Iran, she has also worked at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Brookings Institution, and Yale University.

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Fighting Islamophobia With Comedy
Maz Jobrani is challenging extremist ideology and Muslim stereotypes, one punchline at a time.
Robin Wright
March 8, 2015
YouTube/The Atlantic.
The Truly Massive Challenges Facing Iran's New President
Why Rouhani will have to start putting out fires, fast.
Robin Wright
July 30, 2013
Assad's Playbook Is Now Empty
Robin Wright
December 14, 2012
The Islamists Are Our Friends
Robin Wright
June 19, 2012
What the Successful Containment of Iran Will Look Like
Robin Wright
August 19, 2010
A Long Way From the Point of No Return With Iran
Robin Wright
August 16, 2010
What Would the World Be Like Without Him?
Pope John Paul II helped to free Eastern Europe from communism—a historic achievement for the man and his Church. Now he has turned his moral scrutiny on capitalism
Robin Wright
July 1, 1994