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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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August 24, 2011
United States
First Libya, Now Syria?
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad welcomes Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi at the opening of the two-day Arab Summit in Damascus on March 29, 2008 (Jamal Saidi/Courtesy Reuters). “As Libya Falls, Syri…
August 30, 2011
Syria
Syria and Iran’s Power Calculus
A new regime in Damascus could threaten Iran’s support of Hezbollah and deprive Tehran of its one ally in the region, so it’s counseling the Assad government to hang tough, says Iran expert Karim Sad…
February 6, 2015
Iraq
Weekend Reading: Kurds in ISIS, Houthis in Sanaa, and Netanyahu in Washington
Rebecca Collard reports on Kurdish men who have joined ISIS and attacked their own people. Nabeel Khoury looks at who the Houthis are, their ambitions, and the options before them. Michael Koplow r…
July 17, 2020
Wars and Conflict
Five Foreign-Policy Comedies Worth Watching
Each Friday this summer, we suggest foreign-policy-themed movies worth watching. This week: comedy movies.
August 15, 2014
Iraq
Weekend Reading: HRW Reports on Raba’a, Defeating IS, and Iran’s Man in Baghdad
Full text of the Human Rights Watch report on last year’s forcible dispersal of the pro-Morsi Raba’a sit-in. Nabeel Khoury, writing for The Tahrir Forum, argues that if the United States fails to de…
