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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 5, 2018
Europe and Eurasia
Armenia’s Tricky EU-Russia Balancing Act
Armenia’s partnership agreement with the EU signals its shift toward Europe amid growing tensions between Russia and the West.
January 26, 2011
Russia
After New START, Old Tensions
Russia’s parliament ratified the New START treaty, but Russian domestic issues like terrorism, as well as U.S. and Russian presidential elections in 2012, make it unlikely that any further accords wi…
September 21, 2010
Iran
Iran’s ’Shaky’ Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who addresses the UN in New York this week, is facing domestic challenges from an angry public, an assertive legislature, and conflicts with Supreme Leader Ali …
September 29, 2008
United States
Lindsay: The Foreign Policy Debate
James M. Lindsay, an expert on U.S. foreign policy, and a former director of studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the first presidential debate between Senator John McCain and Senat…
March 15, 2006
Belarus
Glacel: Belarusian Opposition Gaining Speed but No Revolution in Sight
Amid signs of slipping popularity, Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenka is expected to win a new presidential term on March 19. An official with a prominent Western polling group tells …