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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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March 8, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Israel and the U.S. Talk Iran
Significant Middle East Developments Israel. President Obama held three hours of talks with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday. The two focused almost entirely on th…
April 23, 2013
Turkey
Turkey: No Checks, Few Balances
“Recep Tayyip Erdogan is Turkey’s first Pharaoh!” a contact in Turkey declared to me recently over breakfast in Ankara. “Not a Sultan?,” I countered teasingly. “No, the Sultans had some checks on t…
January 20, 2011
Politics and Government
The Calculations of Tunisia’s Military
Tunisian army soldier stands in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Democratic Rally party of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali during a demonstration in Tunis on January 20, 2011 …
August 7, 2013
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Turkey’s Summer of Discontent: Ergenekon Blues
With the dramatic developments in Egypt over the last month, Turkey has fallen out of the news even though it has been an eventful summer along the Bosphorus. The opposition to Prime Minister Recep …
April 11, 2016
Libya
Libya: Disconnect and Fragmentation
Despite the fact that a diplomatic effort to bring the chaos that has engulfed Libya since 2011 seems to have gained momentum, Libya is in for a long fight.
