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Elections in Iran: Threat and Opportunity

Debate over the merits of the nuclear deal and Iranian actions in the Middle East continues to divide Washington. Seemingly any event involving Iran is spun by political opponents as either a sign that Iran is willing to engage more cooperatively with the U.S. or that an arrogant Iran is being increasingly aggressive while the U.S. stands idly by.

BY Mehrun Etebari

Blog Post

02.26.2016
World Affairs

On Refugees, NATO, and the Future of Europe

In Europe, we have a refugee crisis now and it looks like the EU is not able to agree on any reasonable common policy.

BY Francis Fukuyama in conversation with Tomás Klvana

Blog Post

01.05.2016
World Affairs

Washington Ideas Roundtable: Bob Corker

The subject of this Washington Ideas Roundtable is US Middle East Policy: An Appraisal from Capitol Hill. This event features the Honorable Bob Corker (R-TN), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

BY Institute Staff

Video

12.02.2015
World Affairs

How Cuba’s Creative Voices are Conquering Constraints

In Cuba, smartphone users who want to update their Conoce Cuba app need to take their jailbroken device to a neighborhood phone shop and manually update the app in person.

BY Global Alliances Program & 1 more

Of Interest

11.16.2015
World Affairs

Reforming International Governance of Food Security

The Rome-based agencies which manage global food challenges must reform and innovate to protect food for the 9 billion inhabitants our planet will hold by 2050.

BY Lloyd Axworthy

Blog Post

11.09.2015
World Affairs

How the Flag Came Down

As I leave my beloved home of South Carolina for the first time this summer, I cannot help but reflect back on the intense few weeks many of us have lived through in our state.

BY Vincent A. Sheheen

Blog Post

07.29.2015
World Affairs

The Next UN Secretary General: An Experienced Woman to Foster Global Food Security

While conflicts in countries like Syria and Ukraine dominate the daily news cycle, and longer-term concerns about climate change and energy security are frequently aired, the problem of hunger and the emergence of new threats to world food supplies receive far less attention than they merit. Without sustained focus at an international level and the commitment of adequate resources to address the problems, there is a real risk that the responses needed to address these issues will come too late to avert the geopolitical instability and widespread human suffering that may result.

BY Dan Glickman

Blog Post

07.15.2015
World Affairs

Obama Foreign Policy Goals: Priorities for 2015

Antony John 'Tony' Blinken is the United States Deputy Secretary of State and the former Deputy National Security Advisor for President Barack Obama. He ha ...

Video

02.24.2015
World Affairs

A Game Plan to Break the Gridlock

The new Congress has a chance to focus on what works for both parties and for the American people. If lawmakers play "moneyball" — and make policy based on proven results and hard data — they could finally attack Washington gridlock.

BY Jim Nussle, & 1 more

Blog Post

01.13.2015
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