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January 31, 2013

Conflict Prevention
Guest Post: Fighting Maritime Piracy: Mission Accomplished?

Emma Welch is a research associate in the Center for Preventive Action and the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. In early January, Mohamed…

Piracy

May 27, 2013

Middle East and North Africa
Hezbollah, Syria, and the Brezhnev Doctrine

During the Cold War the Soviets pronounced the "Brezhnev Doctrine," under which no state that was in the Soviet camp would be permitted to leave it. This is my topic in an article in the new edition …

October 28, 2022

Iran
An Inside Look at Iran

Panelists discuss recent developments in Iran, including the ongoing protests and the government’s response, the future of the current regime, the country’s nuclear program, and how these factors inf…

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November 8, 2011

United States
More Questions Than Answers in Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on the Arab Uprisings

U.S. president Barack Obama and U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton tour the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo on June 4, 2009 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters). Secretary of State Clinton’s speech l…

More Questions Than Answers in Secretary Clinton’s Remarks on the Arab Uprisings

September 22, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Life in Nigeria’s Maiduguri during the Boko Haram Struggle

What was it actually like to live in Maiduguri, one of Nigeria’s larger cities, and ground zero during the Boko Haram assault? Official restrictions on the media and all but non-existent security mea…

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