Articles

When Knowledge is Powerless

2019-10-27

Measures against Arabs and Muslims mean they cannot share their insights on a region the West considers vital.

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Iran Is Losing the Middle East, Protests in Lebanon and Iraq Show

2019-10-26

Tehran may be good at winning influence, but it is bad at ruling after that.

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Syria: Winners and Losers

2019-10-22

In the week since Turkey launched its forces invading Syria in order to establish a buffer or (safe zone), a lot has happened...

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The Hooligan Spirit

2019-10-19

There are many reasons why even the oldest democracies, such as the US and the UK, are increasingly riven by tribal hatreds...

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Iraq Is Not Yet Lost, But If We Continue to Ignore It, It Soon Will Be

2019-10-19

Muddled governance, harsh crackdowns, and outside interference threaten to overturn the fragile freedom that Iraqis have won at great cost.

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Putin in the Gulf: Working with the Saudis on arms, oil and Syria

2019-10-16

Moscow and Riyadh agreed to disagree but it does not exclude their cooperation in areas of mutual interest

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Russia Will Not Allow Turkey to Attack Syria, Sends in Troops to Front Lines

2019-10-16

Russia has warned it would prevent Turkey from attacking Syrian troops after the U.S. withdrew from a looming clash between rival ...

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ISIS Is Gloating

2019-10-15

The best one could say about Americas abandonment of the Kurds is that they should have known we would sell them out eventually.

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The Coming AI Spring

2019-10-15

Artificial intelligence can generate tremendous value for us all, if policymakers and businesses act swiftly and smartly to capture its full benefits and mitigate the inevitable risks...

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Preventing Digital Feudalism

2019-10-14

By exploiting technologies that were originally developed by the public sector, digital platform companies have acquired a market position that allows them to extract massive....

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Democracy on a Knife-Edge

2019-10-13

The failure to protect minority rights is a readily understood consequence of the political logic behind the emergence of democracy.

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Can Cyberwarfare Be Regulated?

2019-10-08

In the cyber realm, the same program can be used for legitimate or malicious purposes, depending on the users intent.

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The Death of Anglo-American Conservatism

2019-10-02

The conservatism of Edmund Burke has long served as a source of frustration for radicals, and as a necessary restraint against destructive root and branch reforms.

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Will Lebanese wait hours in gas lines as fuel crisis bites?

2019-09-30

Lebanese citizens are living day by day the repercussions of the dollar scarcity crisis, as the fuel sector threatens an open strike next week if the government fails to find a proper solution.

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Is Greed Destroying Your Soul?

2019-09-30

Greed is less about accumulating wealth than filling an inner void.

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Across a divided nation, skepticism about impeachment

2019-09-28

Protesters call to impeach President Trump in front of the White House on Sept. 24

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Greening Our Cities

2019-09-28

Cities are the worlds leading source of both economic growth and greenhouse-gas emissions, and those contributions will continue to grow as more of the world...

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How AI Can Promote Social Good

2019-09-25

Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve billions of peoples lives but only if it creates and delivers value directly to those most in need, rather than fattening corporate profits

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The truth about eating Eggs

2019-09-24

Are eggs helpful to our health… or a cause of heart disease? BBC Future examines the evidence.

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How close does the Ukraine scandal bring Donald Trump to impeachment?

2019-09-24

Democrats are torn: the president may have abused his office, but be unimpeachable

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Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

2019-09-22

What the US faces on its southern border is not a security problem, but a humanitarian crisis, and punishing attempts at deterrence cannot resolve it.

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Is education standing up to the task of climate action?

2019-09-19

A mid todays climate crisis, the global education community is faced with the reality that it has done too little too late.

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Trump Team Debates Response to Strikes on Saudi Oil

2019-09-17

Pentagon is cautious as Riyadh requests additional U.S. forces.

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The Biomedicine Threat

2019-09-17

Rapid advances in biotechnology demand additional regulations to keep experiments safe, control the spread of potentially dangerous knowledge

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