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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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December 8, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Assad’s Revelations
Syria's president Bashar al-Assad is pictured during an interview with Russian television in Damascus October 30, 2011 (Courtesy Reuters). While President Bashar al-Assad’s circumlocutions were frus…
November 14, 2011
United States
Accelerate Assad’s Departure
Demonstrators protesting against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad march through the streets after Friday prayers in Amude on November 11. A poster depicting President Assad dumped in a litter bin rea…
November 14, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
The Noose Tightens on the Assad Regime
The demise of the Assad regime in Syria is inevitable, as the French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said recently. The first Arab leader to call upon Assad to step down is King Abdullah of Jordan, who…
November 28, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Arab League Turns on Assad
The Arab League statement this past weekend marks a significant break with the Assad regime in Syria. I wrote a short piece about this in National Review magazine, concluding this way: "There were e…
May 3, 2016
Middle East and North Africa
Assad Uses Chemical Weapons, and Now What?
"We struck a deal where we got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out," said Secretary of State Kerry about Syria almost two years ago. This was in part a defense of President Obama’s infamous fa…