On July 19, 2020, the United Arab Emirates Space Association (UAESA) launched a rocket named Hope into space in celebration of the country’s 50th anniversary. Hope went into orbit around Mars to transmit previously unobserved weather data, making t...
As conflict escalates between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran, the war in Gaza has settled into a rhythm of devastation. Israel’s siege of the Gaza Strip has had disastrous repercussions: Over half of the Gaza population has been displaced...
Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
Serena Fadel ’25 does not recognize the streets of her hometown in Beirut, Lebanon. Crumbling infrastructure, the result of the August 2020 Beirut Port Explosion, remains neglected. Pharmacies’ supplies of essential medicines are shrinking by the...
Serena Fadel ’25 does not recognize the streets of her hometown in Beirut, Lebanon. Crumbling infrastructure, the result of the August 2020 Beirut Port Explosion, remains neglected. Pharmacies’ supplies of essential medicines are shrinking by the...
In August 2021, the United States concluded the tumultuous process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan—a process that was initiated by former President Donald Trump with the Doha agreement between the US and the Taliban. As the United States...
In August 2021, the United States concluded the tumultuous process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan—a process that was initiated by former President Donald Trump with the Doha agreement between the US and the Taliban. As the United States...
That President Joe Biden was able to complete a successful withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan—despite facing significant opposition from Congress and the media throughout the process—is perhaps the crowning achievement of what has bee...
That President Joe Biden was able to complete a successful withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan—despite facing significant opposition from Congress and the media throughout the process—is perhaps the crowning achievement of what has bee...
At 8:30 a.m. on August 9, 2018, an aerial bomb fell on a school bus in a market in Yemen, killing 40 children. The explosion was so powerful that some parents could not even find a trace of their children’s remains. That same day, a lawyer identifi...
At 8:30 a.m. on August 9, 2018, an aerial bomb fell on a school bus in a market in Yemen, killing 40 children. The explosion was so powerful that some parents could not even find a trace of their children’s remains. That same day, a lawyer identifi...
In April 2016, the Dubai Health Authority launched the world’s first medical tourism website, establishing a goal to attract 1.3 million medical tourists to the city by 2021. Since the boom of oil wealth in the 1980’s, The United Arab Emirates, a...
In April 2016, the Dubai Health Authority launched the world’s first medical tourism website, establishing a goal to attract 1.3 million medical tourists to the city by 2021. Since the boom of oil wealth in the 1980’s, The United Arab Emirates, a...
Amidst the increasing tensions in Persian Gulf, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards to develop “modern and updated” weapons domestically. In a stirring speech in October, Khamenei advised high...
Amidst the increasing tensions in Persian Gulf, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards to develop “modern and updated” weapons domestically. In a stirring speech in October, Khamenei advised high...
Insofar as the defeat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) merits international delight, its emergence in Afghanistan has transformed the country’s war dynamic. Referred to as Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), the Sunni Muslim extremist group has...
Insofar as the defeat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) merits international delight, its emergence in Afghanistan has transformed the country’s war dynamic. Referred to as Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), the Sunni Muslim extremist group has...
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the city of Baghouz, ISIS’ last stronghold in Syria, in March. While formally the SDF still exists, it appears that the U.S. State Department’s Global Coalition against ISIS has met one of its main goals, t...
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the city of Baghouz, ISIS’ last stronghold in Syria, in March. While formally the SDF still exists, it appears that the U.S. State Department’s Global Coalition against ISIS has met one of its main goals, t...
Transfers of power in illiberal and authoritarian states are rarely fluid. We have very few examples of peaceful and lasting regime changes that were not precipitated by the death of the previous ruler. When President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhst...
Transfers of power in illiberal and authoritarian states are rarely fluid. We have very few examples of peaceful and lasting regime changes that were not precipitated by the death of the previous ruler. When President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhst...
The World Economic Forum this year in Davos, Switzerland, made clear the unfortunate stress that continues to increasingly pressure Afghani Officials. In Davos, President Ashraf Ghani vocalized his frustration at witnessing the death of 45,000 securi...
The World Economic Forum this year in Davos, Switzerland, made clear the unfortunate stress that continues to increasingly pressure Afghani Officials. In Davos, President Ashraf Ghani vocalized his frustration at witnessing the death of 45,000 securi...
Heavily guarded by steel-anchored concrete walls, the American embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, symbolizes a striking ground reality of an endless war: American troops and policymakers protect themselves from the very people they ventured o...
Heavily guarded by steel-anchored concrete walls, the American embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, symbolizes a striking ground reality of an endless war: American troops and policymakers protect themselves from the very people they ventured o...
In the first few months of 2019, streams of women, children, and surrendered fighters have trickled out from the Islamic State’s last stronghold, Baghuz. Many of the women and children fled under a rain of bullets, falling victim to their own husba...
In the first few months of 2019, streams of women, children, and surrendered fighters have trickled out from the Islamic State’s last stronghold, Baghuz. Many of the women and children fled under a rain of bullets, falling victim to their own husba...