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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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February 5, 2009
Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister’s Party Emerging as Strongest Among Shiite Parties in Elections
Sam Parker, an expert on Iraq, says the initial results from the provincial elections indicate Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been strengthened and Sunnis in restive Mosul may play a more positiv…
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.