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A New Iran? / Hossein Mousavian
During the summer, Iranians elected a new president: Masoud Pezeshkian, a cardiac surgeon, who is considered to be a political reformer. His victory...
Israeli’s Divided House / Naty Barak & Leora Hadar
Israel is at war, and not just with Hamas, Iran, the Houthis, and their fellow travelers. Israeli’s most dangerous war may be with itself. That was...
Middle East Tinderbox, Houthi Edition / Allison Minor
The Middle East is a war zone with Gaza as ground zero. But barely a day goes by when there isn't also fighting in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen,...
The Next World War? / Philip Zelikow
War in Ukraine. Fighting in Gaza, and across the Middle East. Risky air naval incidents in the South China Sea. Worries about a potential Taiwan...
Tällberg Foundation Announces 2024 Leadership Juries
Stockholm and New York, July 22, 2024 – Today the Tällberg Foundation announced the juries for this year’s Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership...
Europe’s Shameful Dumping / May Bulman
It’s not exactly headline news that many countries are inventing all sorts of novel ways to seal their borders from migrants and refugees or, when...
Politicians, Cartels, Murders, Oh My! / Chris Dalby
Politics in Mexico has long been a blood sport: not only “winner takes all,” but also incredibly violent. Last month’s national elections—when the...
France Lurches Right / Alice Barbe
Much to everyone’s surprise, France’s President Macron recently decided that—like much of the rest of the world—his country ought to have national...