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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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October 29, 2013
Iran
Meanwhile, Back in Iran...
The Obama administration has bought into what my colleague at CFR Ray Takeyh calls the "Rouhani narrative:" Rouhani is a reformer, Iran is ripe for change and reform, progress is at hand. As in the C…
March 8, 2013
Jordan
Weekend Reading: Tunisian Shake, Jordan’s Price Hike, and Syria’s Rebel Leadership
Haifa Zaaiter argues that the "Harlem Shake" craze that has hit Tunisia may end up disarming the Salafists of their most potent weapon: denouncement of apostasy. The Impatient Bedouin reflects on th…
May 13, 2019
Authoritarianism
An Inside Look at Political Imprisonment
Panelists discuss the use of imprisonment and torture as political tools of authoritarian regimes, including their experiences with political imprisonment in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Syria, and their …
February 15, 2013
United States
Syrian Dilemmas: Neither Freedom Nor Stability
There has been a lot of Syria news in the last week or so. Elements of Syria’s armed opposition took over al Jarrah airbase in the Aleppo province and rebels and government forces are engaged in a p…
August 9, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Egyptian Bloodshed; Intensified Syrian Fighting and Defections
Significant Middle East Developments Egypt. Clashes between militants and security forces continued today in Egyptian Sinai with gunmen firing on a police station and hundreds of troops entering the…
