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Water Wars: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones
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Can President-Elect Trump “Dismantle” the JCPOA? It’s Complicated
“Sometimes it pays to be a little wild,” wrote Donald J. Trump, President-elect of the United States, in his 1987 bestseller The Art of the Deal. The outcome of last week’s Presidential election proved h... -
We’re Worried About the Baltics: What Does Trump’s Election Portend for these Tiny U.S. Allies?
Many U.S. allies have spent the last week pondering what Donald Trump’s election means for their foreign policy and national security. The tiny Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are surely ... -
Hot Commodities: The Week After
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Egypt Is Cracking Down on NGOs When It Needs Them Most
Egypt has never been a welcoming place for civil society groups, but the past several years have seen an unrelenting crackdown on non-governmental organizations. It began with the infamous December 2011 ... -
Middle East Ticker: Mosul Fight Marches On, Egypt Protests Fizzle Out, and What Will Trump Mean for the Middle East?
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Breaking Down Trump’s Middle East Policy
The greatest challenge when trying to anticipate what a Trump administration has in store for Middle East policy is Donald Trump himself. His shifting positions over the course of the campaign have made ... -
Water Wars: Looking Through a Glass, Darkly, in the South China Sea
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A Trump-China Reading List, and Unanswered Questions for his Asia Policy
Donald Trump’s policy approach toward China and the Asia-Pacific region is a story yet to be written. The only thing observers in the United States and around the world know for sure is that uncertainty ... -
Understanding China’s Cybersecurity Law
Protecting “cyber sovereignty” (网络空间主权) has been the lodestar of Chinese policymaking regarding the internet for much of President Xi Jinping’s administration. -
Middle East Ticker: Syrian Rebels Announce Raqqa Operation, Turkey’s Anti-Democratic Purge, and Egypt’s Economic Turbulence
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Legal Considerations Guiding the Iraq-Kurdistan Dispute
Three weeks ago, a U.S.-led coalition made up of Iraqi military units, Kurdish Peshmerga, Sunni tribal groups and Iran-backed Shiite militias began the campaign to liberate Mosul from ISIL control. Home ...
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