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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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January 28, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
The Arab World’s ’Unprecedented’ Protests
The level of public anger against homegrown problems in Egypt and other Arab countries is something new, and it pushes the Obama administration back in the direction of the Bush-era "freedom agenda,"…
May 13, 2009
Syria
Syria Looking for Improved Relations with Obama Administration
Syria expert Joshua Landis says both the Syrian government and the Obama administration are looking to improve relations, but the renewal of sanctions by the United States, designating the country as…
August 23, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Lebanon Erupts, Syria Boils, and Egypt Builds Up
Significant Middle East Developments Lebanon. Renewed clashes broke out today in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli between Sunnis and Alawites, despite a ceasefire brokered yesterday. Since fightin…
October 1, 2014
Asia
The Pivot and Democratic Regression in Southeast Asia
This past week’s serious challenges to democracy in Indonesia, on the heels of what had been a successful presidential election in July, should serve as a reminder that, while the region has made str…
April 5, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Lebanon, Iran, Syria, and Israel-Palestine
Significant Developments Lebanon. Tamam Salam, a Lebanese member of Parliament and former minister of culture, has emerged as the consensus candidate to become Lebanon’s next prime minister. Lebanes…
