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October 24, 2011

Thailand
Bangkok to Be Hit by Second Wave of Flooding

An elderly flood victim sits outside an evacuation centre at an unused airport terminal at Dan Mueang Airport in Bangkok October 24, 2011. (Bazuki Muhammad/Courtesy Reuters) Although the Thai capita…

An elderly flood victim sits outside an evacuation centre at an unused airport terminal at Dan Mueang Airport in Bangkok October 24, 2011.

November 22, 2012

United States
Critical Tests for Egypt and the United States

The scenario is all too familiar: Violence erupts between Israel and Hamas. The U.S. President calls his Egyptian counterpart and asks for help in managing the crisis. The voice from Cairo assures th…

U.S. secretary of state Clinton meets with Egyptian president Morsi on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on September 24, 2012 (Kelly/Courtesy Reuters).

August 14, 2012

Egypt
Morsi Makes His Move

This article was originally published here on ForeignAffairs.com on Monday, August 13, 2012.  Over the weekend, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi sacked Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the minister of defen…

MorsiMakesHisMove

October 2, 2012

United States
Aid to Egypt: What’s the Rush?

Texas Rep. Kay Granger has put a hold on $450 million in aid to Egypt, and this has caused consternation in the Obama administration. Granger is a member of the Committee on Appropriations and chair…

American Embassy in Cairo

June 30, 2011

China
In Southeast Asia, Big Dams Raise Big Concerns

A view from upstream of Malaysia's Bakun dam, in the inland of the eastern state of Sarawak on Borneo island, December 11, 2003. (Bazuki Muhammad/Courtesy Reuters) This is a guest post by Prashanth …

A view from upstream of Malaysia’s Bakun dam, in the inland of the eastern state of Sarawak on Borneo island, December 11, 2003.