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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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July 8, 2011
Turkey
Weekend Reading: Regional Tensions on the Rise
Syrian men living in Jordan shout slogans against Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad during a demonstration in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman (Muhammad Hamed/Courtesy Reuters) The Sandmonkey…
October 7, 2009
Congresses and Parliaments
Pakistan: Beyond the War on Terror
Watch Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan's minister of foreign affairs, examine U.S.-Pakistan relations and critical political, economic, and security issues in the region.
September 7, 2012
Human Rights
Weekend Reading: Non-Islamists in Egypt, Bahrain’s Brutal Police, and Syria’s Tragedy
Said Shehata laments the lack of an effective opposition in Egypt’s largely Islamist-dominated political arena. Mahmood on Mahmood’s Den, reflecting on Bahraini police brutality, says that Bahrain’s…
January 22, 2016
Turkey
Winter Storm Reading
Snow- and Middle East–themed reading for this weekend's winter storm.
February 19, 2019
Nigeria
Nigeria's Election Postponement Met With Suspicion
Early in the morning on Saturday, February 16, just hours before polls were scheduled to open, the Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) postponed Nigeria’s elections by a week. The nation…
