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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 7, 2018
Saudi Arabia
U.S.-Saudi Arabia Relations
Relations between the two countries, long bound by common interests in oil and security, have strained over what some analysts see as a more assertive Saudi foreign policy.
April 20, 2011
Pakistan
Islam and Politics in Pakistan
Pakistan is bracing for more turbulence in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. This Backgrounder looks at how state support for Islamist militants has led to growing religious intolerance in socie…
June 6, 2007
Religion
Religious Conversion and Sharia Law
A Malaysian court’s ruling against a Muslim convert to Christianity highlights the difficulties of blending sharia law with modern legal frameworks.
November 5, 2008
Iraq
Ansar al-Islam (Iraq, Islamists/Kurdish Separatists), Ansar al-Sunnah
A profile of a militant Islamist Kurdish separatist movement seeking to transform Iraq into an Islamic state.