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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 13, 2021
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
World Economic Update
The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…
April 24, 2020
Iraq
Nobody Can Help Iraq Anymore
The country has another new prime minister nominee—but no new hopes of success.
September 24, 2019
United Nations General Assembly
A Conversation With Minister Adel al-Jubeir of Saudi Arabia
For further reading, please see the CFR In Brief “Trump’s Iran-Saudi Arabia Dilemma” by Philip H. Gordon, the CFR blog post “Scale and Nature of Attacks on Saudi Oil Makes This One Different” by Amy …
May 24, 2019
Islamic State
Where Exactly is the Islamic State in West Africa?
The Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) claimed a May 16 attack near Tongo Tongo, Niger, killing more than 20 soldiers not far from the Malian border. In March it issued a photo of its members in Burkina Faso and in April it claimed an attack on a militia in Mali. But, it is not clear that the ISWA group based primarily in Nigeria is behind those attacks.
June 1, 2018
Niger
The Islamic State "Presence" in the Sahel Is More Complicated Than Affiliates Suggest
The name of the organization conjures association with the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, but caution is required. Evidence that the Islamic State of the Greater Sahara is somehow an extension of the Islamic State in the Middle East or even in Libya is sparse.
