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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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December 9, 2015
Alyssa Ayres: India at Paris - Working with a Rising India
India’s status as a large developing country and a major emitter complicates its position at the Paris climate talks, writes Alyssa Ayres in this guest blog post, but there are signs that its delegat…
June 14, 2012
Israel
Middle East Matters This Week: Egypt’s Parliamentary Annulment and Increased Tensions over Syria
Significant Middle East Developments Egypt. Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court today deemed unconstitutional both the law governing the country’s recent parliamentary elections and the “Political …
December 17, 2015
Gender
Another Barrier Falls: United States Joins Group of Countries That Open Doors to Women in Combat
This past month, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter announced the end of the military’s combat ban for women, marking the end of the longstanding prohibition. Women will now “be allowed to drive tank…
February 25, 2015
Asia
White House Summit Embraces Women’s Rights to Counter Violent Extremism
Last week, the White House sponsored an international summit on strategies to counter violent extremism (CVE), focusing on groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. Amon…
February 25, 2015
Wars and Conflict
White House Summit Embraces Women’s Rights to Counter Violent Extremism
Last week, the White House sponsored an international summit on strategies to counter violent extremism (CVE), focusing on groups such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. Amon…
