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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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December 7, 2015
Syria
Syria: The Need for Diplomacy and De-escalation
Introduction Of all the factors currently tearing the Middle East apart, none is more consequential than the war in Syria. The war has left some 250,000 Syrians dead, seven million internally dis…
April 25, 2012
Security Alliances
A Strategy for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
On January 5, President Barack Obama initiated the Defense Strategy Review, identifying Asia as a priority in future U.S. military strategy. North Korea's nuclear proliferation and China's growing mi…
June 22, 2016
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Reconfiguring USAID for State-Building
Nation-building abroad has become a neuralgic term in American politics. Opposition to nation-building abroad is one of the few things that President Barack Obama and Donald Trump can agree on. And y…
June 28, 2013
Middle East and North Africa
Political Warfare
The United States is in a long-term struggle for influence in the Middle East with competitors such as Iran, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, the Muslim Brotherhood, and various Salafist organizations. All have …
September 9, 2013
Radicalization and Extremism
A Global Venture to Counter Violent Extremism
The rise of Islamist radicalism continues to threaten U.S. interests in the greater Middle East. Last year's attacks on U.S. embassies, instability in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings, and an incr…
