Both the United States and Iran must contend with polarized politics. Yet large majorities of Iranians and Americans do not support Iran’s development of nuclear capability for military purposes and do not want to start a war over the issue. An attack on Iran’s nuclear program, which it insists is...
Time for a deal: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Yukiya Amano (left) with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Said Jalilim (top); Iranian students protest in Tehran
BLOOMINGTON: Addressing reporters at the Fifth Democracy Forum in Bali...
Non-Mexican undocumented immigrants crossing the southern US border have a pretty easy out if they're apprehended by immigration authorities. By claiming to be from Honduras, Guatemala, or somewhere else, undocumented migrants from Central and South America are processed through the court...
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In assessing American foreign policy and strategy, the intertwined nature of the globe and the fast speed of change make any plan contingent on a variety of factors. In an effort to understand exactly that, the National Intelligence Council has created its '2020 project'. Using...
America's enemies may seek to offset their relative weakness by waging 'asymmetric warfare' via insurgencies and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. (Image by Debbie Campoli/YaleGlobal)
WASHINGTON: As the 21st...
Asia, accounting for about 60 percent of the world’s population, is abruptly shifting away from coal toward renewable energies, especially solar. The most populated nations could lead the continent. “From 2002 to 2012, the global coal trade doubled, with the four largest Asian economies – Japan,...
Preventing extremism requires funds, resources and mutual understanding about the nature of terrorism. In a working-class London neighborhood, some residents take steps to provide a forum for Muslims and local officials to meet and reduce ethnic tensions. Imtiaz Qadir, owner of an Islamic gym and...
LONDON – Soon after last year's suicide attacks here, officials in Walthamstow, a shabby east London neighborhood, joined with the area's biggest mosque and a privately run Islamic youth center to try to counter the...
Changes in weather patterns and the landscape, once gradual, have become more abrupt and noticeable with this century. Deserts expand, seas rise, rains pound – etching away land, jobs and homes. Hardest hit are the poorest nations, and families forced to move are left to their own devices by their...
Rising menace: Climate refugees in Bangladesh's low-lying delta
ISIAKPUENU, NIGERIA: In 2008, Margaret Okeke awoke one July morning to find the floor of her home sinking beneath her feet. During the night, heavy rains had flooded the gorge near her...
China’s Belt and Road projects offer diversification opportunities for smaller countries that could alter longstanding relations. Such Belt and Road influence is evident in a trade and transit protocol finalized by China and Nepal in September 2018. Nepal, remote and landlocked, a country of 29...
Diversifying: Nepal has long relied on India and the busy Birgunj-Raxaul border crossing, left, for transit and trade, but China’s Belt and Road investments may bring new trade and tourists to the landlocked country (Sources: Nepal; Surendra Phuyal...
Both North Korea and South Korea agreed to stop cross-border distribution of goods and leaflet distribution since a 2018 summit between the two leaders. “A group of North Korean defectors claimed Tuesday it had sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border, continuing an activity that has enraged...
