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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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September 30, 2010
International Organizations
The OIC on Democracy and Human Rights
With Islam under intense scrutiny internationally, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, secretary-general for the Organization of the Islamic Conference, discusses the organization’s efforts to promote human rights…
August 9, 2014
Turkey
Turkey’s Secularists Surrender
I coauthored this post with my friend and colleague, Michael Koplow. He is the author of the blog: Ottomans & Zionists. When Turks go to the polls on August 10 to directly elect their president for …
July 3, 2014
United States
This Week: Iraq and Syria’s Caliphate, Israel and Palestine’s Violence
Significant Developments Iraq. Saudi state news agency SPA announced today the deployment of 30,000 Saudi Arabian troops to the country’s border with Iraq. The move followed the reported removal of …
June 19, 2014
United States
This Week: Iraq’s Morass, Iran’s Talks, and Egypt’s Trials
Significant Developments Iraq. President Obama told reporters today that the United States will deploy up to 300 military advisors to Iraq to help the country’s security services "take the fight" to…
June 29, 2010
Religion
The Organization of the Islamic Conference
The Obama administration sees the Organization of the Islamic Conference as a venue through which to court Muslims globally, but the group’s controversial positions on some issues could pose problems.