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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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October 5, 2018
Iraq
Global Conflict This Week: New President Elected in Iraq
Developments in conflicts across the world that you might have missed this week.
September 14, 2018
South Sudan
Global Conflict This Week: South Sudan Peace Deal Signed
Developments in conflicts across the world that you might have missed this week.
April 4, 2012
Lebanon
Will Assad Return To Killing Lebanese Leaders?
Throughout the past decade there have been a series of assassinations and attempted murders of political leaders in Lebanon. Almost all of these plots have one common element: the person whose life w…
October 20, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
Syria’s New Attack on Lebanon
Fears are expressed almost every day that the war in Syria will spread to Lebanon, or to all of Syria’s neighbors. The problem, however, is not that the war "will spread" as if by nature, inevitably,…
December 15, 2015
Iran
Lebanon’s "Worthless" Government and the Fight Over the Presidency
It is rare for the prime minister of any country to call its government “worthless,” but Prime Minister Tammam Salam of Lebanon just did. For 19 months Lebanon has been unable to elect a president, a…