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December 20, 2010

Defense and Security
The Un-Surge

Richard Haass’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal is a must read. That’s true regardless of whether you agree with his recommendation to return to a level of 30,000 U.S. troops by mid-2012.  (Fo…

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January 29, 2016

Human Rights
Women Migrants Step Out of the Shadows in Europe

The experiences of women in world affairs are often invisible. We commonly see men as the central actors in the world, with women appearing only in our peripheral vision. Mainstream news, reports, an…

A Syrian woman cries as she sits in a  refugee registration center for the German state of Hesse in Neu-Isenburg, on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, September 11, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

December 8, 2015

Asia
The Year in Democracy in Southeast Asia

In the weeks since Myanmar’s national elections in November, the country’s potential as a democratic success story seems clearer and clearer. As I have noted, there are many remaining obstacles to My…

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November 14, 2013

The World Next Week: Iran Talks Resume in Geneva, Chile Votes for President, and New Space Missions Launch

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the ongoing Iranian nuclear negotiations, the Chilean presidential election, and the space missions launching next week. [audio: http:/…

P5+1 foreign ministers meet with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Iran nuclear talks in Geneva on November 9, 2013 (Jason Reed/ Courtesy Reuters).

October 23, 2013

Egypt
Nile-ism

Erbil—I am in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, but the news from Egypt is never far away. There are no words for Sunday’s attack at the Church of the Virgin Mary in Warraq that killed four, including t…

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