title: Sanctioning Iran: A Nietzschean Theory of Negative Imperialism,
abstract: Juan Cole examines the way in which Iran's development has been stunted in modern history by imperial considerations. From railroads in the nineteenth century to modern day nuclear power restraints: how has Iran been affected by a Eurocentric world system? These imperial considerations include the way in which Iran, unlike Egypt or India, was forbidden by Britain and Russia to build a railroad in the nineteenth century. In later decades the same issue re-emerged, this time in regard to the natio
journal: Deep Blue (University of Michigan)