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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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April 18, 2014
Turkey
Weekend Reading: Turkey’s Intelligence State, Egypt’s Subsidies, and Syria’s European Jihadis
Fehim Tastekin wonders if Turkey is reverting to an intelligence state. Mohamed Gad, writing for Mada Masr, asks if current Egyptian Finance Minister Hany Qadry will actually reform Egypt’s subsidie…
December 8, 2021
Ukraine
A Conversation With Petro Poroshenko
Petro Poroshenko discusses Ukraine's relationship with Russia, democratic reforms in Ukraine, and U.S. and European Union policy toward the region.
February 3, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Apartheid Killer to Be Paroled in South Africa
Through the use of death squads many apartheid defenders conducted a dirty war against those whom they perceived as threatening the regime. Victims were of all races, and included Chris Hani, who was…
December 31, 2012
Egypt
Voices From the Region: Turkey, Egypt, Gaza, Syria, Iraq, Yemen
“He’s contaminated from top to bottom…Tomorrow he will be a hero.” – Captain Adnan Dayoub, a Syrian rebel commander in Hama, on the defection of General Abdelaziz Jassim al-Shalal, head of the milita…
March 9, 2022
Economic Crises
Russia’s Economy in Freefall
Panelists discuss the breadth and depth of sanctions and divestment, the current state of the Russian economy, and whether any of these mechanisms will affect Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calcu…
