A year of Middle East elections is coming to an end. This has been something of a bumper year for
Iraq’s prime minister, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, is just two months into his job, but already has had to make his first
The polarity of Islam and secularism has long defined Turkish politics. But despite its continuing popularity among the commentariat, this
As an organization of the fossil-fuel industry, Opec, meets in Vienna, the United Nations’ COP24 climate talks are taking place
Standing up at the Oslo Freedom Forum last year, Raed Fares, a charismatic and good-humored activist who had become a
For just a moment in September 2015 it seemed that the wave of compassion generated by the photograph of a
When it comes to maintaining an occupation, the difficulty is in the details. Large-scale military maneuvers are easy when compared
After decades of suffering from the label of terrorism that was unfairly stuck to most of their freedom fighters, Palestinians
Relationships between states are usually bound by a certain set of rules and understandings, something political theorists refer to as
Steal, and you go to prison. But loot cultural artifacts? Museums have thrived off the practice for centuries. Take a
Despite a recent downturn in the global economy, an unprecedented shift is underway throughout the so-called non-West. From Southeast Asia
Over the past 10 years, the Global Burden of Disease Study has, in the words of an editorial this month
The United States is rapidly approaching the limits of its balancing act between Turkey and the Kurds in northern Syria.
The departure of Germany’s first female chancellor was as unexpected and stealthy as her arrival 13 years earlier. In a
Emboldened by its military gains, the Syrian regime is reasserting its authority over loyalist militia groups, in order to reclaim
Sensationalist isn’t a word commonly associated with Foreign Affairs, the weighty magazine that since 1922 has prided itself on being
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