Just a over a year since the famed Arab Spring blossomed in the Middle East — and notably in Cairo’s Tahrir Square — Egypt today
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From potential bank runs in Spain to full revolt in Greece. From new leadership in France to new tensions in Germany. From fallout in Ireland
Read moreJuliette Kayyem, Former Asst. Sec., Dept. of Homeland Security on the Middle East
It would be hard to find a more troubled part of the world right now than the Middle East. In Syria, terrible massacres, including last
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Is there a more important topic in the world today than the future of energy? From global economies to local politics, from what we breathe
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It is just over a year since the hunt for America’s No. 1 enemy, Osama Bin Laden, ended in a one-sided firefight in a walled
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If you were to list some of the world’s most secretive institutions, you surely wouldn’t be surprised to see the CIA or the Bin Laden
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As if enough wasn’t already happening in and around Israel — internal calls for new elections, tensions with Iran, a pending Presidential vote in Egypt
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From France to the United States, this year we will see a series of incredibly important elections that can and will change the course of
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After what feels like years of watching China’s rise, new questions about how sustainable their growth is are creeping up. Manufacturing conditions. Political instability in
Read moreGuy Lagache, VP & Journalist, French Television “Direct 8”
By now you surely know that one of the world’s great democracies is in the middle of a Presidential election race where the main issues
Read moreTimothy Mitchell, Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs
Just one year ago, all eyes were on the Middle East — in particular, Egypt — as the Arab Spring sprung. One year later, the
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