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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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August 9, 2013
Iran
Weekend Reading: The Rouhani Meter, Egypt’s Constitutional Committee, and Turkey’s Verdicts
Presenting the Rouhani Meter, taken after the Egyptian Morsi Meter, which evaluates the new Iranian president’s first one hundred days in office. Mada Masr’s overview of the criteria for the composi…
September 6, 2018
Syrian Civil War
Erdogan, Rouhani and Putin Talk Syria and Populism Looms in Swedish Elections
Turkish, Russian and Iranian leaders meet over the war in Syria, Sweden eyes populism amid new general elections, and President Trump’s tariffs could hit $200 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese import…
November 6, 2023
Middle East and North Africa
How Hezbollah Sees the War in Gaza
A much-anticipated speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on November 3 largely echoed Iran’s pronouncements of support for Hamas and its threats of intervention in the group’s war against Israe…
August 1, 2013
The World Next Week: Iranian President-Elect Rouhani Takes Office, Obama Celebrates His 52nd Birthday, Japan Sends the First Robotic Astronaut Into Space
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani, President Obama’s birthday and his progress in his second term, and Japan’s robotic astronaut la…
May 25, 2017
Iran
A New Mideast Cold War Intensifies
The reelection of Iran’s Hassan Rouhani, as well as U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s strong affirmation of ties with Sunni Arab states, sets the stage for an intense new round of competition in the M…
