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The race is on to build the first fusion power plant — and Europe is looking to Japan for help

Fusion energy has the potential to provide abundant, clean power. Now, the race is on to develop the world’s first commercial plant.

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Was Mossadegh a liberal, democratizing force?

One reads and hears so many times that Iran was on the path to democracy until a CIA coup installed the Shah in 1953. It turns out that account is quite wrong, as is detailed by Simon Sebag…

  • Mosaddegh's support in Majlis dwindled, leading to autocratic demands.
  • His secular policies and army control attempt alienated liberals and democrats.
  • Faked plebiscite and mass arrests triggered second Iranian coup, not CIA-backed one.

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