Costa Rica

February 23, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Soleimani U

A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America

September 30, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

‘Blue Homeland’ And The Irredentist Future Of Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies, nearly experienced a full-fledged military conflict in August. Two of their warships collided during a naval standoff over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern...

July 13, 2020 | Elaine K. Dezenski, John Austin

Re-Forge Strategic Alliances and Check China Abroad, Rebuild Economy at Home

The industrial heartlands of the U.S. and its European allies have become crucibles for the polarizing politics of neo-populism for a population left behind in the information age. Anxious and angry citizenry,...

May 22, 2020 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

COVID-19 in Latin America: Organized Crime Gains and States Weaken

COVID-19 cases in Latin America are surging as the region heads into the Southern Hemisphere winter. Across the region, the pandemic has created opportunities for organized crime to step into the void left...

February 25, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

The Trump plan for Afghanistan

The U.S. presence provides a better return on investment than most people realize

April 2, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

How the U.S. Put Latin America Up for Grabs

TAMARINDO, COSTA RICA – I’m not about to pretend that spending a few days in this rather funky little surfing village on the Pacific has given me great insights into Latin America&rsq...

September 22, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Origins of the Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence

As of early September 2011, the Palestinian Authority (PA), under the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas, was set to bypass negotiations with Israel and attempt to declare statehood at the United Nation...

June 24, 2011 |

Fatah, Hamas, and the Statehood Gambit

On May 3,  Hamas and Fatah, the two largest and most influential Palestinian factions, created a unity government. Following a brutal civil war in 2007 that left Hamas in control of the Gaza...

September 10, 2009 |

Eight Years and Counting

Eight years ago this week, Osama bin Laden watched and then celebrated as a terrorist attack he had authorized brought down the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon, slaughtering thousands...

October 11, 2008 | Claudia Rosett Wall Street Journal |

The U.N.’s Man of Mystery

Is the godfather of the Kyoto treaty a public servant or a profiteer?

February 6, 2007 | |

At the United Nations, the Curious Career of Maurice Strong

Before the United Nations can save the planet, it needs to clean up its own house. And as scandal after scandal has unfolded over the past decade, from Oil for Food to procurement fraud to peacek...