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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 18, 2011
Education
Reflections on Citizen Revolt in the Middle East
Scholars from the American University of Beirut analyze the promise and peril of the Arab Spring, as well as what role the United States should play.
January 13, 2012
Egypt
Weekend Reading: A Critique of Comrades, Islamic Feminism, and On Syria From Cairo
Samer Soliman writes a critique of revolutionary comrades on Al-Masry al-Youm. Fatemeh Fakhraie writes on Today’s Zaman that being a Muslim and a feminist is not a non-sequitur. Rami Khouri: How Sy…
October 17, 2014
Political Movements
Weekend Reading: The Artful Arab Spring, Disillusionment in Sidi Bouzid, and Rethinking Fragmented States
St. Lawrence University offers an interactive look at the Arab uprisings through the lens of graffiti art. Michael Marcusa examines the revolutionary spirit of the youth of Sidi Bouzid three-and-a-h…
October 30, 2015
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016 Weekly Foreign Policy Roundup: Taking the Back Seat
Foreign policy continues to take a back seat on the campaign trail. Republican candidates debated on Wednesday night, but they said little about turmoil in the Middle East, the rise of China, or the …
August 24, 2011
United States
First Libya, Now Syria?
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad welcomes Libya's leader Muammar Qaddafi at the opening of the two-day Arab Summit in Damascus on March 29, 2008 (Jamal Saidi/Courtesy Reuters). “As Libya Falls, Syri…
