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The tension-ridden hydro-politics of the Nile
The declaration will only change the hydro-politics of the Nile if Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan walk the talk.
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Passport to Cuba
Cuba is a small country, yet it is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea. In square miles, including the many keys and islets that dot its coastline, it is just a bit larger than Tennessee. Put another way, it could hold Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Jersey with a little room to spare...
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Reducing Yemen's Houthis to 'Iranian proxies' is a mistake
The conflict in Yemen is driven by local grievances and competition, not some Iranian plot.
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Patrick Cockburn and the Rise of Islamic State
With Patrick Cockburn and Arnold Karskens. March 22, 2015
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Steam Trains Were 19th-Century Super-Weapons
Europe and America pioneered war-trains — Britain perfected them
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Monsters Together
In the vast literature about Stalin and Hitler during World War II, little is said about their being allies for twenty-two months. That is more than an odd chapter in the history of that war, and its meaning deserves more attention than it has received. By John Lukacs
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Israel’s dark future: Democracy in the Jewish state is doomed
Israel cannot maintain both its democracy and its occupation of the Palestinians. Day by day, it is choosing the latter.
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Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo Pin Hopes for Stability on an Unusual Source of Natural Gas
In a first-of-its-kind endeavor, electricity-starved Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to get power from a lake—and avert catastrophe.
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The War Nerd: Bentleys for Houthis!
The Saudis are finally getting some bang out of all the bucks they’ve spent on weapons over the past 50 years, with Saudi planes bombing Yemen for more than a month now...
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The Kingpin Strategy
Assassination as Policy in Washington and How It Failed, 1990-2015. By Andrew Cockburn
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Frozen Assets: Inside the Spy War for Control of the Arctic
The newest front in global espionage is one of the least habitable locales on Earth—the Arctic.
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The German question
Seventy years after the end of World War II, and twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany is once again under the grip of ‘sturm und drang’, but this time barely registered in either East or West. Without a serious attempt at myth busting, it’s impossible to discern what could be interpreted as a new, discreet German attempt at hegemony... By Pepe Escobar
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The Geopolitics of American Global Decline
Washington Versus China in the Twenty-First Century. By Alfred W. McCoy
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Stephen Cohen: Kerry’s Negotiations With Putin Are Being Sabotaged in Washington
The danger of a US-Russian hot war. [Audio]
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Deal vital before Greece spirals out of control
A sovereign default on the fringes of Europe has long threatened to spark another Lehman moment, sending financial markets everywhere haywire and upending the global recovery
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Why the Trans Pacific Partnership is Nearly Dead
How can it be that the largest pending trade deal in history – a deal backed both by a Democratic president and Republican leaders in Congress – is nearly dead?
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Fighting The Long War
Welcome to the new normal. After more than a year of conflict in Ukraine, the standoff between Russia and the West has become routine -- and it is becoming institutionalized.
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Rich People Are Jerks, Explained
It's not just populism coloring our perceptions. Research confirms that the rich really do have interests at odds with the other classes and they have the clout to enforce them.
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Towards the end of poverty
IN HIS inaugural address in 1949 Harry Truman said that “more than half the people in the world are living in conditions approaching misery. For the first time in...
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Thinking About the All Too Thinkable
The path toward non-Grexit — toward Greece and its creditors reaching a deal that keeps it in the euro — is getting narrower, although it’s not yet completely closed. I’ve been reticent on the subject, for fear of adding my bit to the crisis atmosphere, and I still intend to keep it cool. But there are a few things that seem to need saying.
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