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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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May 24, 2013
Iran
Iran’s Presidential Candidates: Two Are Terrorist Suspects, One Boasts of Beating Students
The disqualification of most of the men who sought to run in Iran’s presidential election has left a narrow field distinguished by allegations of involvement in terrorism and repression. Both Mohsen…
December 4, 2014
United States
This Week: Mubarak’s Acquittal Challenged and Israel’s Government Dissolves
Significant Developments Egypt. Egypt’s top prosecutor announced Tuesday that he plans to appeal an Egyptian court’s dismissal of all remaining charges against former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. …
October 26, 2012
Iran
Waiting on Iran Nuclear Talks
The drawn-out talks between Iran and the P5 +1 nations over Iran’s nuclear program are expected to resume after the U.S. presidential elections, says veteran arms control expert Daryl Kimball.
February 18, 2010
Human Rights
Iran’s ’Excruciating’ Human Rights Record
Iran’s crackdown on opposition groups has put the spotlight on a grim human rights record that is costing the government its legitimacy among its people, who will continue to find ways to protest, sa…
February 11, 2010
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
From Conciliation to Coercion
CFR Iran expert Ray Takeyh argues that a stronger U.S. stand in favor of political reform in Iran can work in tandem with efforts to limit Iran’s nuclear program.