March 23, 2020
The Trump administration isn’t relenting on its ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran because it exists to create a humanitarian crisis.
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March 22, 2020
U.S. sanctions have begun to shift Tehran’s nuclear calculus. Now, COVID-19 may have provided Tehran with the opportunity to make a dash for the bomb.
March 22, 2020
The only viable way of managing the crisis is not a shrinking of the public space in favor of the state, but a widening of the public space in partnership with the state in order to meet the challenge.
March 21, 2020
The Trump administration’s attempt to interfere with the International Criminal Court, simply because it is investigating Americans, is uniquely perverse.
March 21, 2020
Key Arab countries are attempting to regain influence in Syria, but because of U.S.-Russian tension their diplomatic success might end up being limited.
March 21, 2020
This crisis is exposing just how senseless Washington’s approach to Pyongyang has been for the last seventy years, and why it must change as soon as possible.
March 20, 2020
A near-record level of global deployment by U.S. Special Forces last year came amid questions of malfeasance by some of America’s most elite troops.
March 20, 2020
The coronavirus doesn’t care whether there’s a war going on in Afghanistan, which makes the resource-starved country’s humanitarian crisis even worse.
March 19, 2020
Given the fragility of the Iraqi government, European nations must seek to dissuade the U.S. from using Iraq as a new battlefield in its struggle with Iran.
March 19, 2020
The Trump administration claims to support Iranian citizens, but it won’t put its anti-Iran hysteria on hold for a minute to help them out amid a pandemic.
March 19, 2020
U.S. military aid to Israel isn’t meant to be used to demolish Palestinian homes.
March 18, 2020
Middle Eastern rulers are not learning the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, nor do they see it as an opportunity to negotiate new social contracts.
March 18, 2020
Not only is the Trump administration refusing to help, it has also increased sanctions on Iran.
March 18, 2020
Multilateralism provides the connective tissue that knits countries together precisely when they are most likely to go their own way.
March 17, 2020
Many have compared the U.S.-Taliban agreement to Vietnam but Afghanistan doesn’t fit neatly into a North-South divide.
March 17, 2020
Iran has asked the International Monetary Fund for help combatting the coronavirus. But the U.S. needs to approve and it’s unclear what the Trump administration will do.
March 16, 2020
Ronald Reagan once said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.'” Singaporeans don’t really see it that way.
March 16, 2020
To buy time for Egypt and Ethiopia to reach a comprehensive settlement on the Blue Nile dam issue, the parties should agree on a two year interim fix.
March 16, 2020
Not only are U.S. sanctions preventing Iran access to needed medical goods amid the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re also restricting the Iran from offering economic and social relief.
March 15, 2020
Turkey has triggered a renewed refugee crisis, but European states should shoulder a larger burden in helping alleviate the broader displacement crisis.
March 15, 2020
Although the U.S.-Taliban agreement is weak and unclear, withdrawing even some U.S. forces from Afghanistan will reduce the killing.