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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 1, 2014
Iran
The Gaza War and the Feeble PA
The Gaza war took a new turn today, when Hamas violated a cease-fire in order to kill and capture IDF soldiers. The reasonable conclusion to draw is that Hamas’s agreement to the cease-fire was a rus…
May 30, 2011
Israel
The Third Man
In late May President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered two speeches each in Washington, debating how to understand events in the Middle East. But the third man was missing: Mahmou…
May 22, 2012
Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Disunity Government
Last Sunday in Cairo, Hamas and Fatah signed an agreement to create the national unity government to which they agreed in principle months ago in Doha. They will meet on May 27 and have given themsel…
December 28, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
What Would a Hamas-Fatah Agreement Mean?
There are repeated efforts to forge a unity agreement of some sort between Hamas and Fatah, leading to a new "unity government" for the Palestinian Authority. Such a coalition was briefly in force in…
January 18, 2024
Yemen
Virtual Media Briefing: Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea
Panelists discuss Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, American and British responses, and prospects for regional escalation. ELDER: Thank you. Hi, everybody. Thanks for joining us for this media brief…
June 22, 2015
The Palestinian Authority’s Nasty Little War
Most news headlines this weekend regarding the Palestinian Authority covered the visit to Ramallah by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. There Fabius said the region would be "set ablaze" if an…