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Russian - Ukrainian Incident Increases International Tension

2018-12-02

The success of this week’s G-20 meeting is threatened by the increasing tensions between the Ukraine and Russia.

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Prepare for Trump Administration Turnovers

2018-11-24

The mid term elections are over and Americans are preparing for a number of resignations and firings inside the White House

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Why We Need a Space Force

2018-10-06

The Trump administrations push to create a new military department, known as the Space Force, has generated a fair amount of skepticism and more than a few nerdy jokes

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Arabic Political Comedy: A Vector for Liberalization?

2018-10-06

To understand the thirst for this type of media it is important to reflect on past developments in Arabic language news

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The Worrisome Mystery of a Saudi Journalist’s Whereabouts

2018-10-06

If Riyadh did in fact order Khashoggi’s detention, it may be miscalculating the likely negative impact on U.S. diplomacy and Western investment.

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Situation Continues to Heat up in and Around Syria

2018-09-23

What happened and how will these incidents impact the ongoing fighting in Syria?

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Supreme religious authority and the dilemma of forming the next Iraqi government

2018-09-10

the supreme religious authority reminded the citizens by inviting them previously to participate freely and widely in the elections to choose the best

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Strategic Insights: Revolutionary Change Is Coming to Strategic Leadership

2018-09-04

Clausewitz famously observed that war has an enduring nature and a changing character that evolves over time as technology, society, economics, and politics shift. This observation also applies to strategic leadership: it too has an enduring nature and a

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The State of Information Warfare Part II: The Manchurian Candidates

2018-09-04

The Manchurian Candidate is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959

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Can Turkey Rewrite the Crisis-Management Rules?

2018-08-18

Turkey is trying to rewrite the chapter on crisis management in the emerging-market playbook...

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Iraq's democracy facing legitimacy shortage and political crisis

2018-08-11

These infringements aimed to reducing of political impact of some ethnic and political parties

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Arostcratic elite rules Iraq, only misery achieved, journalist

2018-08-05

Since a decade and a half aristocratic elite lived in Iraq with unprecedented lofty life while the ordinary citizen only got injustice and misery

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Why it pays to be a Big Fish in a Small Pond

2018-07-20

Surrounding yourself with talented individuals can sometimes backfire – as some intriguing studies of top athletes show.

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Trump announces New Branch of the Military – Space Command

2018-06-30

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to begin the process of establishing a new military branch the Space Force

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The End of Global Britain

2018-06-30

In the two years since the Brexit referendum, the United Kingdoms global influence has been significantly diminished.

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Nationalism Will Go Bankrupt

2018-06-23

The opposite of populist nationalism is not globalist elitism; it is economic realism. And in the end, countries such as Britain, the United States

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In Search of a New Patron, the KRG Turns Back to Moscow

2018-06-18

As the Iraqi Kurds reach out to Russia, the Kremlins sway over their politics and energy resources is growing.

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How HR Leaders Can Win a Seat at the Table

2018-06-14

"Our people are our greatest asset."

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Nourishing Cities with Nature

2018-06-14

As rates of urbanization increase globally, city planners are working to reverse decades of reckless growth by returning nature to the built environment

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The People Rethinking Methods of Execution

2018-06-11

The lethal injection brought an end to the macabre executions of the past. But after a string of botched deaths, its humanity is being brought into question. Is there another option?

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The Owl Thieves of Sweden

2018-06-07

As the country ditches cash, criminals turn to stealing owls.

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King Abdullah of Jordan: Balancing on an ever-tighter tightrope

2018-06-06

A look at a decade of failed social, economic and political reform in Jordan goes a far way to explain recent mass anti-government protests demanding the resignation of the government.

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Why Facebook Will Never Die

2018-06-06

Despite scandals over fake news and data privacy, the social network is unlikely to disappear any time soon

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Where the Water Is

2018-06-03

Sustainable Development Goal 6 calls for universal access to clean water and sanitation. But if governments do not embrace unconventional water resources

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