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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 15, 2018
Russia
Are Cold War Spy-Craft Norms Fading?
The poisoning of former double agent Sergei V. Skripal in the UK indicates that Russia may have abandoned some unspoken rules of espionage. CIA veteran Jack Devine examines the history and current state of spy-craft.
May 22, 2015
Middle East and North Africa
Widening U.S.-Arab Gulf Over Iran
As the deadline for an Iran nuclear deal approaches, the Obama administration’s security reassurances to Arab Gulf partners have fallen short of the mutual-defense treaty they seek, says expert Vali …
June 4, 2012
Syria
What Syria’s Power Struggle Means
The conflict in Syria is less about democratic reforms and more about redistributing power along sectarian and ethnic lines--with troubling regional implications, says expert Vali Nasr.
March 26, 2008
Conflict Prevention
Nasr: Iraqi Prime Minister ‘Irrelevant’ in Shiite Power Struggle
Vali R. Nasr, a leading expert on Shiites, says the fighting in southern Iraq amounts to a power struggle between pro and anti-U.S. Shiite militias. The country’s Shiite prime minister, he says, is “…
February 12, 2007
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
Nasr: Iran Seeks to Deescalate Tension
CFR’s Vali R. Nasr says Iran is "keen" to adopt a "more conciliatory posture" as the U.S. steps up pressure on Iran.