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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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September 13, 2011
Defense and Security
Ending America’s Military Presence in Iraq
Last month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was asked if the Iraqi government would request that U.S. troops stay in country beyond the mutually-agreed upon withdrawal date of December 31, 2011. …
April 6, 2013
Military Operations
You Might Have Missed: Conflict Prevention, Cyber War, and Conspiracy Theories
Claudette Roulo, "Dempsey Arrives in Afghanistan to Assess Progress," American Forces Press Service, April 6, 2013. “Any conflict in history, when it is resolved, is resolved through some form of re…
December 2, 2020
United States
Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2021
As 2020 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2021.
August 12, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram’s Shekau Replaced? Not So Fast
Chadian President Idriss Deby’s August 11 comments that Abubakar Shekau has been replaced by Mahamat Daoud and that the latter is open to negotiations with Nigeria’s Buhari government, has predictabl…
February 22, 2013
Israel
Middle East Matters This Week: Egyptian Elections, Damascus Explosions, and a New Tunisian Government
Significant Developments Egypt. President Mohammed Morsi issued a decree last night calling for parliamentary elections to begin April 27 and end in late June. The vote will take place in four stage…
