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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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June 22, 2018
Yemen
How the UAE Wields Power in Yemen
The Gulf nation’s ground troops have cultivated alliances in Yemen with local armed groups, but its ability to shape the civil war’s outcome is limited.
April 9, 2010
Afghanistan
Miscalculations in U.S. Afghan Offensive
A pending American military offensive in southern Afghanistan is buoying hopes for a return to government control, but New York Times reporter David Rohde says success could be short-lived.
August 15, 2018
Libya
Can Libya’s Divisions Be Healed?
The Islamic State has been nearly defeated and migrant crossings to Europe have declined, so why is Libya’s state failure so troubling?
September 14, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
Islamist Extremism After the Arab Spring
The Arab Spring severely weakened the narrative of Islamist extremists but they are now stirring anti-U.S. sentiments in fragile new democracies, says Mideast expert Ali Soufan.
April 1, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Handling the Middle East’s ’Tectonic’ Shifts
The United States needs to ’differentiate’ among its interests to determine how and when to intervene in protests sweeping the region, and should engage assertively in the Israeli-Palestinian conflic…