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Critical Questions
What You Need to Know about the First-Ever Global #RefugeeForum
December 18, 2019 | Erol Yayboke CSIS’s Erol Yayboke answers critical questions about the first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva.

Commentary
Reimagining “Stabilization” in Lebanon
December 17, 2019 | Melissa Dalton, Erol Yayboke Amid historic protests and economic turmoil in Lebanon, U.S. policy and programming must refocus on drivers of conflict in Lebanon and be designed to be agile and responsive to unanticipated and rapid changes in the environment.

Commentary
Haiti: The Next Crisis
December 12, 2019 | Georges A. Fauriol A path forward in Haiti remains blocked by a standoff between an unpopular president and a diverse opposition unable so far to coalesce politically to force the president’s ouster.

Critical Questions
Why the United States Should Care about the WIPO Election
December 12, 2019 | Daniel F. Runde, William Alan Reinsch The World Intellectual Property Organization is about to have a turnover in leadership. As the role of IP continues to grow in international trade, how it conducts itself and protects business-sensitive information will be critical for U.S. national interests.

Commentary
The Internet: Venezuela’s Lifeline
December 4, 2019 | Moises Rendon, Arianna Kohan As the Maduro regime continues to block websites and limit independent media, Venezuelan citizens have begun looking for other roundabout ways to bypass the government's censorship.

Commentary
Watershed Investments for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation: 2020 Budget Insights from Malawi
November 13, 2019 A changing climate in many food insecurity hotspots has led to mounting water scarcity. For those that depend on rainfall for their livelihoods, the threat of climate change must be met with robust development investments.

Report
Iraq as a Failed State
November 12, 2019 | Anthony H. Cordesman Iraq shows all too many signs of returning to the kind of internal instability that led to low level civil war in 2011 and the rise of ISIS, and that undercut any efforts to bring stability and defeat extremism in all of America’s military efforts in the region.

Commentary
Putin Continues to Stick His Neck Out for Maduro
November 8, 2019 | Antonio De La Cruz Venezuela continues to use its oil as an international bargaining tool, maintaining Chinese and Russian investment in the country despite threats of U.S. sanctions on anyone who continues to provide support to the Maduro regime, writes senior associate Antonio de la Cruz.

Commentary
The Age of Leaderless Revolution
November 1, 2019 | Samuel Brannen

A global political awakening has created an age of leaderless revolution.

Critical Questions
Lebanon’s Government Collapses
October 30, 2019 | Jon B. Alterman CSIS’s Jon Alterman analyzes the implications of the collapse of the Lebanese government following Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation on October 29.

Commentary
Why Iraq is “Burning”
October 25, 2019 | Anthony H. Cordesman Iraq shows all too many signs of returning to the kind of internal instability that led to low level civil war in 2011 and the rise of ISIS, and that undercut any efforts to bring stability and defeat extremism in all of America’s military efforts in the region.

Commentary
Syria: Looking Beyond the Kurdish Crisis to Long Term Instability and a Near Certain Future of Civil Violence
October 21, 2019 | Anthony H. Cordesman Today’s crisis in Syria can only be addressed by treating the cause of its instability and not just the symptoms of it. In the meantime, no actors in the region are willing to engage that hard truth.

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