Encouraging the dissolution of the state is not the way to solve Yemen’s problems.
The Russian government may be changing its attitude towards Syria and penalizing the Assad regime for failing to heed Moscow's advice.
The fact that the Red Cross has appealed to Putin for authorization to provide humanitarian relief to Syria proves that Russia has become an indispensable player in dealing with the Assad regime.
The UN secretary-general’s new five-year action agenda identifies sustainable transport as critical to sustainable development. Yet transport is virtually invisible in the initial framing of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.
Concern over Iran’s nuclear program often ignores the fact that Iran is still a significant amount of time from actually acquiring a nuclear weapon. This leaves policymakers with ample time to engage in diplomacy and develop coercive sanctions.
Dialing down the rhetoric between Israel, Iran, and the United States is an important component in allowing coercive sanctions and diplomacy to run its course.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdel-Rahim El Keib discussed Libya’s political transition and the future of U.S.-Libya relations.
Saudi Arabia’s pillars of stability are weakening, but the opposition remains fragmented.
Can the new parliament and cabinet break the Kuwait’s perpetual stalemate?
Drones have drastically altered the course of war. The bad news is that terrorists are inevitably going to take an interest in this technology. Just as inevitably, they will try to combine it with IEDs.