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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 27, 2023
Middle East and North Africa
The U.S. Faces a Public Relations Crisis in the Arab and Muslim World
The Joe Biden administration’s steadfast show of support for Israel in its war with Hamas has reignited a torrent of anti-American sentiment in many Arab and Muslim communities.
June 22, 2023
Afghanistan
Our Biggest Errors in Afghanistan and What We Should Learn from Them
As a journalist, book author, and sometime adviser with frequent visits to Afghanistan between 2002 and 2015, I offer this distillation of lessons that we might learn from the United States’ longest …
January 27, 2022
Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East’s Conflicts Aren’t Done With the Emirates
Just when the United Arab Emirates thought it was done with focusing on foreign policy, they’re getting pulled back in.
February 26, 2021
Middle East and North Africa
Who Is Hot and Who Is Not in the Middle East
The Biden administration wants to downgrade the region. Here are the countries he can ignore—and the ones he can’t.
March 17, 2023
Iraq
Twenty Years After the War to Oust Saddam, Iraq Is a Shaky Democracy
On the two-decade anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Iraq is weakly governed, leaving it prone to instability and meddling by neighbors—especially Iran.
