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2019-10-19

The Hooligan Spirit

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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2019-10-19

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

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

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2019-10-16

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

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

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2019-10-16

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

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

Economy

2019-10-16

Will Libra Be Stillborn?

Where the problem for economies and financial services is lack of competition, residents of developing countries need to look to their own regulators and politicians...

Culture

2019-10-15

How the world came to run on coffee

Coffee was once a little-known delicacy used to aid religious rituals.

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2019-10-15

ISIS Is Gloating

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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2019-10-15

The Coming AI Spring

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...

Human Rights

2019-10-14

Calling a Halt to Turkeys Offensive in North-eastern Syria

Turkeys incursion into north-eastern Syria threatens to reduce a region of relative calm to hotly contested terrain: it could meet determined resistance, cause mass displacement and revive ISIS. Washington should urgently press Ankara to stop the offensiv

Economy

2019-10-14

Iraq, China launch oil for reconstruction agreement

Baghdad has forged a 20-year deal to supply Beijing with oil in exchange for Chinese investments in projects to repair Iraqs war-damaged infrastructure.

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2019-10-14

Preventing Digital Feudalism

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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2019-10-13

Democracy on a Knife-Edge

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

Human Rights

2019-10-13

No Country for Poor Men: How Lebanon’s Debt Has Exacerbated Inequality

After Lebanons civil war ended in 1990, it began rapidly expanding the public debt. This debt has exacerbated widening socioeconomic inequalities, now threatening the countrys stability.

News

2019-10-13

America’s Love – Hate Relationship with Turkey

Americas On-Off relationship with Turkey once again took a 180 degree turn as President Trump moved several dozen US Special Forces from the Turkish

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2019-10-08

Can Cyberwarfare Be Regulated?

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

Human Rights

2019-10-08

Iraq Is Currently Being Shaken by Violent Protests

Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa

News

2019-10-02

Baghdad protests: At least 10 dead and more than 200 injured as riot police open fire

Thousands of Iraqis demonstrating against unemployment, government corruption and poor services

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2019-10-02

The Death of Anglo-American Conservatism

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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2019-09-30

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

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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2019-09-30

Is Greed Destroying Your Soul?

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

Economy

2019-09-30

The Global Retreat of Free Trade

At last months G7 summit in Biarritz, leaders again paid lip service to reforming the World Trade Organization. But, given the US led effort to weaken the WTO

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2019-09-28

Across a divided nation, skepticism about impeachment

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

Economy

2019-09-28

Four Collision Courses for the Global Economy

Between US President Donald Trumps zero-sum disputes with China and Iran, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsons brinkmanship with Parliament and the European Union

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2019-09-28

Greening Our Cities

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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2019-09-25

How AI Can Promote Social Good

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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2019-09-24