Eurasia

The Abraham Accord: Realignment, Containment, and Militarism

On 19 August 2020, an article in Foreign Affairs argued that a “botched peace plan” in the Middle East accidentally produced the Abraham Accord between the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel and the US. On the surface, the Abraham Accord appears to be a ‘botched peace plan’. However, it is …

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En France, on peut choisir de croire (ou pas)

Alors que se déroule le procès des complices des attentats contre Charlie Hebdo et l’Hyper Casher, alors que nous commémorons les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, alors que le Pakistan annonce la condamnation à mort d’un chrétien qui aurait blasphémé par SMS (!), Mila a été une fois de plus …

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The New Middle East

In 2015, the UAE passed a law against religious discrimination by creating ministries of tolerance, happiness and youth to develop an enlightened community — everyone included.

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Chinese firm collects data of US leaders, military

Social media and other online data on both prominent Americans and the U.S. military has been collected since 2017 by a Chinese technology company that purportedly markets itself to clients in the country’s military, government and commercial sector.

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Trump hails new 'dawn' for Middle East as Israel signs accords with Bahrain and UAE

President Trump declared the “dawn of a new Middle East” as he oversaw the signing of pacts between Israel and two Arab nations, an event he hopes will pave the way for increased stability in a volatile region and cast him as a peacemaker ahead of November’s election.

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How to Do More With Less in the Middle East

It has been clear for some time that the United States should do less in the Middle East, despite the attendant risks and costs—a case that we made in these pages last year (“America’s Middle East Purgatory,” January/February 2019). At the time, some welcomed this argument; others balked at it. …

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Foreign-policy sleepwalking: Wake up to Germany no longer being such a good ally

A line in the sublime Hilary Mantel trilogy of Henry VIII’s fixer, Thomas Cromwell, perfectly encapsulates the highest aspirations of the political risk profession. The goal must be always to “Study the world without despising it. Understand the world without rejecting it. Have no illusions, but have hopes. Do not …

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