RT Policy Tensor (@policytensor)What have we learnt so far? What are the surprises? What has been discovered about the shape of the world?Here’s the five most important.1 — The most important discovery is that Iran is a great power. This is a real discovery that was not known to the Iranians themselves; specifically, they could not be sure in advance that a strategic victory over the US was achievable. It is a fundamental discovery about the polarity of the system: there are now four great powers in the wor ...

RT Policy Tensor (@policytensor)“The share of industry in Iranian GDP is 35%. It is one of the largest industrial states on earth. Iran produces more than 1 million motor vehicles and 32 million tons of steel per annum, putting it consistently in the top ten. As Patricia Marins notes, Iran punches above its weight in scientific research, ranking in the top ten by scientific output in nanotechnology, neural networks, aerospace and mechanical engineering, and chemistry.How is it that Iran has been able to do ...