Can America Jaw-Jaw Its Way Out of Afghanistan? - War on the Rocks
Devour this deep dive into the dash to drop America’s drawn-out duel in the domain of the Durrani (and different dynasties): Afghanistan. To help us understand what’s...
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In The Taliban-U.S. Agreement, Everybody Wins—Except The Women - Newsweek
On February 29 in Doha, Qatar, the U.S. signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. Each side gets what it wants most. The US gets to bring home the 12,000 US troops stationed...
Children are neglected victims of Syria’s war - Al Arabiya
As the war in Syria enters its tenth year, the conflict’s disproportionate toll on children underscores the generational challenge that lies ahead. An enduring political solution to...
The Crisis in Syria/Idlib - Voice of America
Mona Yacoubian, Senior Advisor to the Vice President of Middle East and Africa at the US Institute of Peace and Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in...
Will Lebanon’s Eurobond default spur much-needed reform? - Arab Weekly
Lebanon has defaulted on its international debts for the first time. Through civil war and social and political turmoil, Lebanon had always met its economic obligations. However...
A Peace Regime for the Korean Peninsula - Ambassador's Brief
In June 2018, the United States and North Korea agreed to join efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. But what exactly a “peace regime” entails remains...
Coronavirus prevention extremely difficult in refugee, IDP camps in Middle East - Al Arabiya
As the world grapples with the dangerous and evolving coronavirus pandemic, the impact on the most vulnerable populations—the homeless, prison populations, and...
US-China Ties Further Tested After Journalists’ Expulsion Amid COVID-19 Outbreak - Voice of America
The United States is pushing back on China’s actions to expel American journalists, a move that officials and observers said “serves no good purpose” at a time when the world is...
Iraq Political Update - Covid 19 - Voice of America
Randa Slim, Director of Conflict Resolution at the Middle East Institute, and Sarhang Hamasaeed, Director of Middle East Programs at the US Institute of Peace, tell host Carol Castiel that...
Coronavirus threatens to undermine Afghan peace plan - The Hill
The coronavirus pandemic is throwing another curveball at President Trump's already shaky efforts to end the war in Afghanistan. The peace process is expected to take a back seat as Afghanistan’s...