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Evan Fazio's blog Syria, Libya, and Iraq are the latest in a series of contentious US interventions. Forced to choose between leaving other countries alone or trying to run the world—Americans choose both, says author and journalist Stephen Kinzer. O ...


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Evan Fazio's blog We asked Saeid Golkar, Iran expert at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, how Iran reacted to the election of President Donald Trump.   "Before the US presidential election, the Iranian political elite perceived that because ...


Events

Turkey is an important member of NATO and a powerful player in the Middle East. Recently the stability of the country has become a concern as it is now a target of the Islamic State, and is fighting a low-level insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, ...


External Commentary

https://www.brown.edu/initiatives/journal-world-affairs/231-fall%E2%80%93winter-... Saeid Golkar January 1, 2017 The Brown Journal of World AffairsMiddle East, Global SecurityGlobal SecurityMiddle East Saeid Golkar ...




Events

With an absence of a coherent US foreign policy in Israel, and an ever-changing Middle East, what state is Israel’s national security in? Regionally, increased terrorist threats, a deepening Sunni-Shia divide, and the ongoing war in Syria have impacted Is ...


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Laura Lucas Magnuson's blog President Trump's response to the gas attack in Syria created a wave of media coverage. In this week's podcast, veteran journalists Susan Glasser of POLITICO and Edward Luce of the Financial Times discuss what in ...


Events

Despite ongoing challenges in Afghanistan, hope exists with millions of young Afghans who are tired of war and ready to reclaim their homeland—a country where 75 percent of the population is younger than 35. Marred by years of conflict, Afghanistan wants ...


External Commentary

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/04/iran-election-moderates-hardlin... Saeid Golkar April 24, 2017 Al-Jazeera EnglishPolicy & Politics, Middle EastPolicy & PoliticsMiddle East Saeid Golkar ...