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The Transatlantic Alliance Isn’t Dead. Treating It That Way Could Make It So.
The transatlantic alliance is increasingly described today in terms of decline, rupture, and even collapse.[1] Political leaders and commentators on both sides of the Atlantic have openly questioned whether the relationship can endure in its current form. From warnings that it is “broken” to claims that it is effectively “over,” the narrative of a fading […]Explore all Articles
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President Aoun has no quick fix to Lebanon’s challenges
12.28.16
The Syrian refugee crisis, corruption, and unraveling political coalitions are among the many problems facing Lebanese President Michel Aoun.
Why We Need to Stop Talking About “Ethnic” Conflict
12.23.16
The atrocities in Rwanda, we are often told, were an ethnic conflict: a genocide that not only fell along racial lines, but one fueled by intractable differences separating two distinct peoples. Indeed, much coverage from 1994 onward implied a degree of inevitability to the world’s fastest genocide. After all, “ethnic tensions [had] existed in Rwanda […]
Smuggling and security on North Africa’s broken borders
12.23.16
North Africa’s troubled borders are havens for smuggling and armed groups. Here’s what can be done to make them more secure.
Trump’s Dance With Tech
12.22.16
BY MATTHEW E. SPECTOR The most critical activity at Trump Tower last week was not the selection of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as the president-elect’s secretary of state or the appearance of Kanye West for a short meeting about “life,” but a small, closed door meeting with 25 tech leaders with potentially dramatic implications for […]
Russian ambassador’s assassination: A diplomatic disaster for Turkey?
12.20.16
Russia’s ambassador to Turkey has been killed at an event in Ankara, by a man chanting Islamist slogans and the words, “Don’t forget Aleppo!”
Russia, Syria, and the ‘new Cold War’
12.19.16
Russia intervened in the Syrian war to redefine the international balance of power, not as a brotherly commitment to defend his Arab ally.
Interview with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman
12.15.16
Tawakkol Karman, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, spoke with JMEPP about women’s role in the Arab Spring and the future of her country, Yemen.
Middle East eyes renewable energy for a post-oil world
12.13.16
The Middle East is home to massive oil reserves, but some countries in the region are making headway in a very different field: renewable energy.
Turkey’s long road to repression
12.12.16
Erdoğan has revealed himself to be the Turkish embodiment of what we in Europe and the US can now appreciate up close: populist, far-right politics.
Is tribalism the root of Libya’s ills?
12.10.16
Since Gaddafi’s fall in 2011, Libya has been wracked by instability. Yet Jacob Mundy challenges the conventional wisdom that tribalism is the root problem.
Israel’s controversial ‘settlement bill’: A conversation with Richard Falk
12.1.16
Embed from Getty Images Israeli riot police clashed with settlers living in the Amona “outpost” settlement in 2006 A controversial bill in Israel aims to legalize settlements in the occupied West Bank built on privately owned Palestinian land. The bill was proposed after an Israeli court ordered the demolition of the Amona “outpost,” a West Bank settlement […]
Will Government Surf the Wave of Commercial Space Innovation?
12.1.16
BY DAVID PAYNE Spaceship! Spaceship! Spaceship! –The Lego Movie It is an exciting time for spaceships, both Lego and otherwise, with an unprecedented number being developed. Using a video post-it note storybook with narration, this piece explores the relationship between the US Government, specifically highlighting the US Military, and the rapidly growing and innovating […]