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Introduction
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…
August 24, 2005
Elections and VotingThis publication is now archived. What is expected to happen in Egypt’s presidential election?President Hosni Mubarak is widely expected to win another six-year term when Egypt holds its first multi-…
October 26, 2005
United StatesThis publication is now archived. The current crisisThe war in Iraq is the United States’ first sustained conflict since the military shifted to an all-volunteer force in 1973. As the casualty count …
March 24, 2006
IsraelAriel Sharon’s break from the Likud party and formation of a centrist party, Kadima, fundamentally changed the landscape of Israeli politics even before his debilitating stroke in early January. Now …
July 20, 2006
LebanonAs Israeli air strikes decimate Lebanon, the elected government in Beirut is weak, divided, and seems powerless to control Hezbollah, whose attack on an Israeli convoy July 12 started the conflict.
June 16, 2006
ReligionBackgrounder: Some experts say a "Shiite crescent" holds the potential to transform Islamic politics in the coming years.