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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 28, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: The UN Debates Amidst Regional Turbulence
Significant Middle East Developments Israel and Palestine. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly yesterday within minute…
November 6, 2014
United States
This Week: Violence in Jerusalem, Nusra gains in Syria, and U.S. Policy Shift on Isis
Significant Developments Jordan-Israel-Palestine. The Jordanian Minister of Islamic Affairs, Hayel Dawood, accused Israel yesterday of attacking the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and of causing fire d…
March 22, 2012
Humanitarian Intervention
The Great Syrian Divide
The government of the brittle, one-party state remains dug in against a determined but fractured opposition. Expert Joshua Landis discusses the fault lines in the Syria uprising.
December 30, 2011
Middle East Matters This Week: Escalating U.S.-Iranian Tensions in the Gulf
Iranian military personnel participate in the Velayat-90 war game in an unknown location near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on December 30, 2011 (Hamed Jafarnejad/Courtesy Reuters). Signific…
June 22, 2006
Syria
Lasensky: Syrian Regime Cracks Down on Opposition
Scott Lasensky, who specializes in Syria and other Middle Eastern areas for the U.S. Institute of Peace, says Syria has mounted a major crackdown to try to silence the growing number of intellectuals…