The Trade Guys tackle Turkey, China, NAFTA, and...LeBron James?

After following the path of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in part one, we now join them as they try to navigate life in the Maghreb where different countries have different strategies for welcoming their new arrivals.

​In this episode, Jon Alterman is joined by Dr. Steffen Hertog, an associate professor in comparative politics at the London School of Economics. Steffen discusses the goals and long-term prospects of the UAE’s national service program in the context of shifting...

In this episode, Jon Alterman takes a broader view of conscription with Elisabeth Braw, a NATO expert and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

As the United States sends mixed messages on its Syria policy, we take a look at what an American troop exit from Syria would mean and the wider issue of stabilizing a post-conflict country.

This episode situates the UAE’s conscription program in the context of a “new nationalism” in Gulf Arab countries that seeks in part to galvanize citizens to contribute more actively to the state.

The UAE’s choices—not least the use of a military model for social engineering—will have important implications for Emiratis and any who seek to follow the UAE’s example.

In this edition of Russian Roulette, Jeff sits down with Maxim Suchkov, editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Mideast coverage and a non-resident expert at Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).

Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea, individually and collectively, present complex challenges to U.S. policymaking and national security. Each country lies at the center of ongoing debate among the United States and its allies about the future role and efficacy...

Listen us speakers explore on global trends in the humanitarian space as part of the official launch of The Humanitarian Agenda, a new, center-wide CSIS program created in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID)...