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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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August 22, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Use, Mubarak Leaves Prison in Egypt
Significant Developments Syria. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius called today for a forceful international response to reports that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons outside Damascus ye…
November 23, 2022
International Organizations
A Troubled Cup for the Beautiful Game
The 2022 FIFA World Cup has kicked off in Qatar, and billions of fans worldwide are tuning in to the world’s most popular live event. And yet as in years past, the Qatar Cup is transpiring under the …
July 22, 2015
Middle East and North Africa
Europe Goes Back to the "Peace Process"
Syria is coming apart and there are millions of Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. ISIS threatens Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq-- which is also coming apart. The new Iran nuclear deal…
March 14, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Israel, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain, and Iraq
Significant Developments Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared poised to form a new government today with Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, and Naftali Bennett, leader of the H…
April 22, 2019
Climate Change
A Global Pact for the Environment
A Global Pact for the Environment would lend coherence to international environmental law, give greater legal and political heft to existing environmental covenants, and safeguard the imperiled biosp…
