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The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East
From Iran in 1953 to Syria in 2011, the United States has relied on regime change as a core facet of Middle East policy -- with mixed results. Author…
5 years, 3 months ago
Japan's Suga Faces a Rising China and Uncertain US Foreign Policy
This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with new Japanese Premier Yoshihide Suga, signaling both Japan's importance to the United States and bo…
5 years, 3 months ago
Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Could Drag in Russia and Turkey — October 1, 2020
Last weekend, fighting broke out in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, reigniting a frozen conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The New York …
5 years, 3 months ago
Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Could Drag in Russia and Turkey
Last weekend, fighting broke out in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, reigniting a frozen conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The New York …
5 years, 3 months ago
Why Private Sector Sustainability is Critical for the SDGs
With just 10 years remaining to reach the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19 has undermined much of the existing progress toward…
5 years, 3 months ago
There's Still Hope for Ending Hunger
An unprecedented hunger crisis is looming as the world grapples with COVID-19, the global economic downturn, stark inequality, and fractured politica…
5 years, 4 months ago
Police Reform Lessons from Around the World
This year, the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and other Black people drove mass Black Lives Matter protests against racial …
5 years, 4 months ago
Solving Global Inequality with Thomas Piketty
COVID-19 has exacerbated our society's extreme inequality in access to healthcare, economic opportunity, education, and the rights that protect some …
5 years, 4 months ago
Thailand's Youth Demand Democratic Reforms
Inspired by Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, Thailand's youth organized mass protests to demand reforms from the culturally revered monarchy. Poli…
5 years, 4 months ago
Can Lebanon Overcome Corruption and Crisis?
Decades of political corruption and financial crisis in Lebanon came to a head in early August when an explosion decimated much of the country's econ…
5 years, 4 months ago