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February 15, 2000
Pakistan
International Relations of an Islamist Movement
Overview There is much written about the impact of Islamist forces on international politics. Comparatively little is known about how Islamist forces conceive of the international arena, understan…
April 17, 2006
Energy and Climate Policy
Thicker than Oil America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia
In Thicker than Oil, the first full history of the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, Council Senior Fellow Rachel Bronson reveals why the partnership became so intimate and how the countries’ shar…
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,…
October 24, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Tunisia’s Democratic Test Still Awaits
A vendor sits in his shop in Sidi Bou Sai, a popular tourist district, north of Tunisia on October 22, 2011 (Jamal Saidi/Courtesy Reuters). Tunisia’s first truly free elections also mark the first e…
May 27, 2011
Weekend Reading
Lebanese freshly baked bread emerges from an oven at a bakery in Beirut (Jamal Saidi/Courtesy Reuters) Marc Lynch’s piece on John McCain on Foreign Policy.com: Straight Talk on the Arab Spring …
May 24, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Ireland’s Referendum, the UN’s Debate on Yemen, North Atlantic Hurricanes, and Memorial Day
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Ireland’s referendum on the EU’s fiscal treaty; the UN Security Council’s debate on Yemen; the beginning of hurricane season in the Nort…
May 25, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Yemen, Drone Wars, and More
2011 Human Rights Report: Yemen, U.S. Department of State, May 24, 2012. The government also employed air strikes against rebellious tribes in Nihm and Arhab. Human rights observers and local reside…
December 29, 2005
Iraq
Iraq and Oil: Revenue-Sharing Among Regions
This publication is now archived. IntroductionAs Iraq forms its first constitutionally mandated postwar government, one looming issue is how best to manage and share the country’s energy resources an…
February 13, 2006
Democracy
A Preview of Iraq’s New Government
This publication is now archived. IntroductionIraqi leaders continue to hash out a four-year coalition government after the December 15 parliamentary elections. As the country’s three main ethnic gro…
April 22, 2006
Democracy
The New Face of Iraq’s Government
Iraq’s Shiite leadership finally selects a candidate for prime minister to replace the embattled Ibrahim al-Jaafari. But experts are not impressed with the new candidate’s credentials.