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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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March 29, 2014
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Weekend Reading: No Way to Defeat Takfiris, Handicapping Turkey’s Elections, and Syria’s borders.
Nader Bakkar says that harsh punishment, such as the recent wave of death sentences on Muslim Brotherhood members, is no way to combat radical takfiri ideology. Michael Koplow asks what will happen …
February 6, 2012
Iran
The Nature of the Islamic Republic
Two keen insights into the nature of Iran’s regime have appeared recently. The first is an account by a German journalist who was imprisoned in Iran in October 2010 "after interviewing the son of Sa…
December 17, 2013
Afghanistan
Prospects for Afghanistan in 2014
Afghanistan faces a critical year as NATO-led troops draw down, international aid drops, and elections could deliver the country’s first democratic transfer of power. Five experts weigh Afghanistan’s…
October 3, 2014
Weekend Reading: Mapping the Middle East, What ISIS Is Not, and Egypt’s Total Information Awareness
In this interactive map, David McCandless charts the key players in the Middle East and the relationships between them. Alireza Doostdar argues that ISIS is more a product of war and instability tha…
July 25, 2023
United States
A Conversation With Representative Adam Schiff
Representative Adam Schiff discusses Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S.-China relations, the proliferation of artificial intelligence technologies, and emerging threats to the democratic process, includin…
