Articles

The Middle East’s Next Moment of Reckoning

2017-01-21

State-led reforms will not be enough to alleviate public discontent in the region

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Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change

2017-01-15

It is easy to say that people need to keep learning throughout their careers. The practicalities are daunting

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The Next World Order

2017-01-11

We have been trying to fit the round pegs of twenty-first-century global power into the square holes of post-World War II institutions

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Democracy’s Broken Promises

2017-01-06

It’s facile to blame the politics of post-truth practiced by populists. Lies and exaggerations would not work if current democratic practice were without problems

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Turkey's Politics of Terrorism

2017-01-02

Letter from Ankara

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Turkey’s permanent state of crisis

2017-01-01

Erdogan has dismantled Ataturk’s secularism in just over a decade and has done so with little mercy for his opponents

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Looking Beyond Mosul

2016-12-31

Once the Islamic State is defeated, Iraq will have to mend a divided society

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The Next Migrant Wave

2016-12-30

Climate change will be one of many factors fueling future migration waves

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Language and the Human Brain

2016-12-26

The earliest research on speech and language centers of the brain dates back to the early nineteenth century

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MYANMAR: MILITARY CARRIED OUT ‘CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY’ AGAINST ROHINGA MUSLIMS, SAYS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

2016-12-19

The military launched an offensive against the minority group in October

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Trump and the Middle East: Between Hope and Apprehension

2016-12-13

Although most everyone in the region badly wants to turn the page on present-day failures, uncertainties about the next administration abound

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Will Trump Stay or Go in Iraq?

2016-12-12

Should the next administration seek to maintain an ongoing U.S. military presence in post-caliphate Iraq?

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A New Deal for Refugees

2016-12-11

Even asylum is inadequate to enable refugees to rebuild their lives

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The Complexity of Inequality

2016-12-11

Inequality remains poorly defined, its effects highly variable, and its causes hotly debated

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How does ISIS do intelligence?

2016-12-07

Even if Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s caliphate ends, he has already laid the groundwork for its successors

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Angela Merkel’s Test of Faith

2016-12-07

Germany can either save Europe or refugees not both. To stem the rise of the far-right, the chancellor will be forced to make gut-wrenching decisions

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Muslims after the election, at a mosque in Trump country

2016-11-23

Kris Kobach has recently suggested a national registry for immigrants and visitors from Muslim countries

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Donald Trump’s Choices in the Middle East

2016-11-23

Trump is a businessman, not a statesman, he thinks in terms of immediate profits and losses

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DID RUSSIA INSTALL DONALD TRUMP AS THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT?

2016-11-12

Moscow helped ensure that the only candidate who will be friendly to Russia has gained office

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Can Donald Trump Be a Good President?

2016-11-09

Is it possible we were wrong about Trump’s governing prospects?

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The Islamic State Just Wants to Watch the World Burn

2016-10-30

As Iraqi forces bear down on Mosul, the jihadi group is setting oil wells ablaze, using civilians as human shields, and executing those who try to flee

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Masters of War in Syria and Iraq

2016-10-30

When the bloody conflict finally ends in Syria, there will be no victory parades, no moment of national catharsis

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How Inequality Found a Political Voice

2016-10-30

Political leaders often speak of growth patterns that unfairly distribute the benefits of growth; but then they do relatively little about it when they are in power

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