Over the past few years, with more than 100 experts from the World Bank, UNHCR, and…
Month: February 2022
Putin’s Invasion | The Nation
A column of armored vehicles approaches the Perekop checkpoint on the Ukrainian border on February 24,…
1922 Committee: What is it and what powers does it have?
Dubbed “the men in grey suits”, the members of the 1922 Committee wield a lot of…
Reuters exclusively reports India makes record U.S. soyoil purchases as drought parches South America; market reacts
Business & FinanceEnvironment 18 February 2022, 5:03 pm. 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Indian traders have…
Root causes and the defeat of the Islamic State group
In late January, Islamic State group (IS) fighters launched an audacious attack on al-Sinaa prison just…
Framing America’s Policy on Xinjiang
Countries and institutions around the world — including the United States — have expressed grave concern…
Pakistan’s ambivalent approach toward a resurgent Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan
Alongside the Taliban’s takeover of neighboring Afghanistan, 2021 in Pakistan was marked by a clear resurgence…
Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court’s Unethical “It” Couple
Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas while…
Influence, commercial concessions, rights violations, and counterinsurgency failure
Russia is intensifying its competition with the United States in Africa. In its asymmetric race, Russia…
The sliding-doors approach to the Russia crisis
The prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine creates a set of problems not encountered since…