July, 2022

• 29 July

  In Iran, we chanted ‘death to Israel’ but dreamed of freedom

  

  When I had the opportunity to tell acting Prime Minister Lapid just one thing about the country of my birth, this is what I chose to share with him “Tell me something I don’t know about Iran.” The question hit me hard, coming from Yair Lapid, the acting Prime Minister …

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• 29 July

  7th Summit of the Astana Peace Process in Tehran: Implications for the Syrian Crisis

  

  Three days after US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East, Tehran hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 19. This tripartite meeting was held within the framework of the seventh summit of the heads of states of the Astana Peace Process for …

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• 29 July

  Iraqi Sadrist protesters storm parliament

  

  Sadrist protesters stormed parliament today, rejecting the formation of the government under the premiership of Muhammad Shia Sudani, who was nominated recently by a rival Shia colaition. Hundreds of protesters, many of them followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, gathered in Tahrir Square early this evening and then moved …

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• 29 July

  Nile Dam dispute still stalled following US, GCC+3 summit in Jeddah

  

  Although the leaders of Arab and Gulf countries, as well as the United States, expressed support for a diplomatic solution to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, many don’t believe this statement will revive the negotiations or push Ethiopia to end its unilateral measures. The summit in Jeddah on July 16 …

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• 29 July

  Biden Should Remove Cuba from the Infamous State Sponsors of Terrorism List

  

  As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion–a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks that is considered the precursor to the 1959 revolution–U.S. groups are calling on the Biden administration to stop its cruel sanctions that are creating such hardship for …

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• 29 July

  Why Coal Power is Dying and the Supreme Court Can’t Save It

  

  The U.S. coal industry chalked up a couple of rare wins this summer. First the Supreme Court issued a ruling limiting the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Then President Joe Biden’s climate plan stalled in Congress again. But while some specific threats to the industry …

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• 29 July

  The Enduring Tyranny of Oil

  

  It may seem hard to believe, but only 15 years ago many of us were talking confidently about “peak oil” — the moment of maximum global oil output after which, with world reserves dwindling, its use would begin an irreversible decline. Then along came hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the …

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• 29 July

  Now for the hard part: A guide to implementing NATO’s new Strategic Concept

  

  Last month’s NATO Summit, which featured the release of the Alliance’s new Strategic Concept, was a remarkable success. Thanks to strong leadership by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden, the Alliance remains united despite an array of new strategic challenges. The concept’s three core tasks—collective defense, crisis …

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• 29 July

  Climbing the escalation ladder in Ukraine: A menu of options for the West

  After making slow but steady gains in eastern Ukraine recently, Russia has inched closer to its recalibrated goal of seizing the entire Donbas region. Even though its military has sustained heavy losses—and while the Kremlin’s current objectives are much smaller than its initial goal of capturing Kyiv and overthrowing the …

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• 29 July

  As Russia and the United States Seek Influence in Africa, Strategic Pitfalls Loom

  

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s four-country Africa swing attracted a great deal of attention in Western media outlets, which framed his trip as a diplomatic campaign intended to prove that the West’s efforts to isolate Russia have obvious limits. In Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, and the Republic of Congo, Lavrov sought …

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