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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…
December 5, 2005
Elections and VotingFawaz A. Gerges, an expert on the insurgency movement in Iraq and on the jihad movement in the Muslim world, says the bombings at three Amman hotels last month have produced "a turning point in the M…
November 15, 2017
United StatesNovember 15, 2017—Journalist John Pomfret has won the sixteenth annual Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Arthur Ross Book Award for The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, …
June 13, 2006
Terrorism and CounterterrorismFive days after U.S. forces killed al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the group announced his successor, the unknown Abu Hamza al-Muhajir. Speculation abounds about the man and the signifi…
January 28, 2015
U.S. Foreign PolicyThe invaluable annual report on "Freedom in the World" from Freedom House has just been published. The bottom line is grim: More aggressive tactics by authoritarian regimes and an upsurge …
July 18, 2007
Terrorism and CounterterrorismSince 9/11, much of al-Qaeda’s operational capacity has been dismantled but experts say the group’s strength now lies in its ability to inspire others to carry out terrorist attacks.