Sunni Areas Post-ISIS: Occupation by Sunni Powers?
June 24, 2016 8 min. read

Current governments of Syria, Iraq and Kurdistan should rule over their ethnic populations while Sunni areas should be occupied by foreign Sunni powers.

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The UN Should Get a Better Deal from Assad
June 23, 2016 5 min. read

The Syrian government has been exerting a great deal of influence on the actions of the UN aid agencies in Syria. It has leveraged foreign aid workers need for its permission to enter Syria into access to supplies for its supporters while denying vital food and medical aid to civilians trapped in areas outside its control.

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The United Nations’ Struggles in Syria
June 21, 2016 4 min. read

On June 9, the U.N. was finally able to get food to residents of Daraya, a small Damascus suburb, for the first time in almost four years.

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CIDRZ Recovery: Stronger Institutions for Health and Development
June 21, 2016 8 min. read

CIDRZ reforms and rebuilds its research, public health, and development programs to deliver better science, health care, and local talent capacity-building.

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Syriza’s Haphazard Reforms Leave Greeks Suffering
June 17, 2016 5 min. read

In 2016, Grexit—the issue that was once billed as “existential” for the EU—was barely mentioned across European media. Sometimes, no news is not good news.

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#TryBeatingMeLightly
June 15, 2016 7 min. read

A couple of weeks ago, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology issued its proposed amendments to the Protection of Women Against Violence Bill of 2015. They recommend husbands to “lightly beat” their wives in certain circumstances.

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The Warsaw Summit and the Future of NATO-Russia Relations
June 15, 2016 3 min. read

At a gathering of NATO’s defense ministers, it was announced that nearly 4,000 troops forming four battalions would be stationed in the Baltics and Poland.

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Thoughts on Modern Tragedies
June 14, 2016 2 min. read

It seems as if every speech has already been given and every opportunity has already presented itself to urge solutions to these problems.

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The Security Implications of Brexit
June 13, 2016 6 min. read

A British vote to leave the EU on 23 June would have grave implications for the security of the UK, Europe, and NATO as a whole.

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Obama’s Post-Presidential Foreign Policy
June 13, 2016 6 min. read

In an April 2015 Gallup poll, President Obama’s administration won the highest approval rating of any world leader among non-U.S. citizens.

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Chinese Implacable Defiance in the South China Sea
June 10, 2016 5 min. read

Tensions between China and the U.S. in the South China Sea dominated the issues at the now-concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

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A Case of Improper Airmanship
June 9, 2016 4 min. read

Coinciding with Kerry’s visit to Beijing for high-level security talks, a Chinese fighter jet carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. spy plane.

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