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Tue, 16/01/2018 - 13:55
Kurdish officials once dreamed of forging their own state out of the ashes of the war against the Islamic State. Now they are fighting for their very survival.
Tue, 16/01/2018 - 13:55
Despite its defeat on the battlefield, the Islamic State is using Iraq’s black market to stockpile millions of dollars to fuel its coming insurgency.
Tue, 16/01/2018 - 13:50
Bollywood’s dark hit comedy features a bureaucrat lost in India’s political jungles.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 22:22
U.S. diplomats worry the president’s comments will set back relations. Others wonder why it took the “shithole” comment to get Washington to finally notice Africa.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 18:15
Why are young Iranians demanding the return of the Pahlavi dynasty? Media-savvy exiles in Europe.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 18:00
The director of the agency responsible for analyzing satellite imagery says he wants to modernize the work. Some employees fear they’re being replaced by artificial intelligence.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 17:02
The people, not the government, will pay the price.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 17:02
Su gente, no su gobierno, pagará el precio.
Fri, 12/01/2018 - 00:39
Interconnective tissue binds Russia, Arab state-owned investment funds, and Middle Eastern countries undergoing rapid transformations.
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 23:30
Talks are stalled over how to deal with the impact of a $5 billion dam that could threaten Egypt’s lifeblood.
Thu, 11/01/2018 - 21:45
Tepid reforms and halfhearted concessions won't save the country's authoritarian government from its existential crisis.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 23:16
The GOP's absence from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's report on Russian interference is sad and abnormal.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 22:22
Edward Lansdale’s most successful covert operations may have been crafting his own reputation.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 21:07
The militant group is on the run, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be back.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 20:42
There’s no reason to start a devastating war when nonmilitary options are working.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 20:32
An Islamic Republic divided against itself cannot stand.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 19:59
Conspicuously absent from the report, however, is Republican buy-in.
Wed, 10/01/2018 - 13:00
A selective approach to human rights is even more harmful than “America first.”
Tue, 09/01/2018 - 23:57
Trump doesn’t understand how armed diplomacy works.
Tue, 09/01/2018 - 22:25
Pyongyang's and Seoul’s leaders have shown they can build political capital. Now they have to spend it.
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