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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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April 12, 2024
Health
Women This Week: Heightened Levels of Malnutrition for Women and Children
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers April 6 to April 12.
March 16, 2012
Politics and Government
Weekend Reading: Lebanon in Limbo, Egypt’s NGOs Report, and the Abaya Remix
Makram Rabah looks at the possible effect of Syria’s revolution on Lebanon. The Project on Middle East Democracy’s report: The Campaign Against NGOs in Egypt. Manar Al Hinai sheds light on the new …
June 4, 2013
Middle East and North Africa
NGO Verdict in Cairo, Failure in Washington
Here is what happened in Cairo in the case of 43 NGO workers whose crime was to promote democracy in Egypt: An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted 43 nonprofit workers, including at least 16 America…
December 13, 2013
Syria
Voices From Syria
“We came here in the winter but it would have been better if we had stayed in Syria. At least if you die, you die in your own house.” –Ibrahim, 27, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon “The fear of permanenc…
September 5, 2012
American Policy and the New Egypt
American policy toward Egypt is the subject of two important articles from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy today. First, Eric Trager recounts his unhappy interview with Mohamed Morsi i…
