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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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September 13, 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Risks of Reducing U.S. Special Operations in Africa
The Pentagon plans to withdraw its special operations forces in Africa, but major cutbacks could threaten recent efforts to counter terrorism threats across the region.
September 29, 2017
Spain
Can Catalonia Split With Spain?
Spain’s effort to block Catalonia’s referendum on independence may push more Catalan voters to support it.
October 29, 2008
Defense and Security
Cross-Border Attack on Syria Raises Iranian Eyebrows
Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, a former advisor to Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, says the U.S. cross-border incursion from Iraq into Syria has Tehran worried about the implications for its own territory.
March 2, 2009
Afghanistan
Iraq and Afghanistan: Tough Balancing Act for Obama
Stephen Biddle, a senior defense and counterterrorism analyst, says that President Obama’s schedule for reducing and then ending the U.S. deployment in Iraq "is a reasonable compromise between severa…