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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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March 9, 2013
Israel
Regional Voices: Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Israel and Palestine
“The Lebanese are asking this government to unmask its true face and say to the Arabs and the world that it is the government of Bashar Assad and Hezbollah…in Lebanon.” –Former Lebanese prime ministe…
May 2, 2014
Palestinian Territories
Voices From the Region: Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia
“My life? I don’t have one. Explosions, blast walls blocking the ways, no services. And because of all this my business has stopped.” –Firas Younis, an Iraqi retail store owner in Mosul, Iraq “They’…
January 31, 2020
China
Lessons From Phase One of the Trade War With China
With the phase one trade deal signed—and with China now promising (somewhat credibly in my view) to raise its imports of agriculture and energy above their pre-trade war levels and (less credibly) pr…
January 18, 2007
Financial Markets
Do lower oil prices mean the end of the saving glut?
That is question Justin Lahart raises in his Wall Street Journal column. His answer is a qualified yes. I would answer with a qualified maybe. Or maybe with a muted yes. The oil exporters have sh…
May 31, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Egypt’s Vote and Syria’s Massacre
Significant Middle East Developments Egypt. The Presidential Elections Commission officially announced Monday that there will be a run-off between Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq for the presidency…
