The supreme leader is clipping the wings of the reformist president
detailsIn one, young men line up for combat training. In another, a bearded al-Qaida fighter in a mosque urges a crowd of men to join jihad
detailsMark Sykes and François Georges-Picot aimed to devise a plan that would enable Great Britain and France to avoid a ruinous rivalry in the Middle East
detailsNew research suggests Mars is emerging from an ice age that once covered it in frost
detailsWhy the world must find an antidote to the deadly menace of lead acid batteries
detailsFor right-wing populists, democracy is the rule of the majority over the minority
detailsIncreases in the unemployment rate were associated with additional cancer deaths except in countries with universal health care
detailsSecuring the Iraqi capital won’t be easy, but keeping Baghdad safe from the Islamic State is the only way to ensure it doesn’t fall to Shiite militias
detailsongoing conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are depriving more than 13 million children of an education
detailsStudies show that the number of friends we have declines consistently as we get older
detailsOn May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Great Britain and France signed a secret pact in London. Officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, the deal, negotiated by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot
detailsGenerals are sometimes slow to get around to developing plans and ordnance for those new weapon systems and battlefields
detailsMonetary policy is an effective means of managing inflation and can boost employment and output in a recession
detailsThe enduring strength of Germany’s political center probably reflects the country’s remarkable economic success, which it has sustained for more than a decade, even as most of the rest of Europe has faced serious challenges
detailsThe Arab Spring uprisings brought to the fore the inadequacy of the region’s outdated social contracts in the face of current political and economic challenges
detailsIn today’s economy, many sectors – telecoms, cable TV, digital branches from social media to Internet search, health insurance, pharmaceuticals, agro-business, and many more – cannot be understood through the lens of competition
detailsThe United States and the European Union must decide whether they will begin to treat China as a “market economy” in their trade policies
detailsFortunately, there is a way to avoid the cycle of poverty, deprivation, and conflict
detailsSecuring an agreement in Paris was just the first step on a long road towards protecting the global climate and the world’s most vulnerable countries
detailsThe United States should focus less on making their allies happy and more on making them actually behave like allies
detailsCorruption, put simply, is the abuse of public office for personal gain. As leaders increasingly recognize, it is a menace to development, human dignity, and global security
detailsSykes-Picot was a blessing for many in the Middle East. There is no way to divide borders and create homogeneous states
detailsThe Muslim world needs to have a moment of reflection and reckoning. This needs to start from within. It requires a revolution of the mind
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