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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 20, 2013
Middle East and North Africa
Why Europe Can’t Bring Peace to the Middle East
Lady Catherine Ashton, the EU’s top foreign policy official, has received a remarkable letter from the "European Eminent Persons Group on the Middle East Peace Process." This self-selected collectivi…
February 22, 2013
United States
You Might Have Missed: Afghanistan, Mali, and Chinese Drones
Steven Erlanger, “An Unexpected Mission for France’s Defense Minister,” New York Times, February 19, 2013. One of the most shocking lessons for him from Mali, Mr. Le Drian said, was the lack of Fren…
December 11, 2014
United States
This Week: Torture Report Reactions, Failed Yemen Rescue, and a Deadly Palestinian Protest
Significant Developments CIA Torture Report. Official reaction in the Middle East to the release yesterday of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on torture has been muted so far, wit…
October 16, 2012
United States
TWE Remembers: The Executive Committee of the National Security Council (Cuban Missile Crisis)
One of the first decisions that President John F. Kennedy made when he learned of the Soviet missiles in Cuba was to assemble a small group of senior administration officials to give him advice. That…
May 29, 2018
Canada
Is Canada Back? Trudeau’s Peacekeeping Promises Are Not Enough
Trudeau’s pledged UN peacekeeping contributions are an important step toward fulfilling his foreign policy promises, but if he is serious about renewing Canada’s leadership in peacekeeping, it is not…
