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Politico: Neri Zilber on Israel and Syria

What started with an isolated event has expanded into a massive cross-border military operation to provide food, aid and infrastructure....

Devex: Malia Politzer on global health security

Pandemics are the greatest global risk by far, with the potential to wipe out between 5 and 10 percent of the world's GDP....

WPJ: Robbie Corey-Boulet on the challenges for LGBT Liberians

The election of Donald Trump and the selection of a successor to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf this fall threaten to undo recent progress....

Former Fellow Cheng Li on China’s Upcoming Party Congress

Former Fellow Cheng Li (China, 1993-1995) discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) upcoming 19th Party Congress in a series on the Brookings website. The page, “which will be updated throughout the 19th Party Congress, features research and analysis from Brookings experts, who unpack the trends and signals that are most essential to follow.” Click here...

Preet Bharara Wants to Inform Listeners About the Law With His New Podcast

Former Fellow Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004) wrote an article published by New York Magazine regarding former U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, and his new podcast Stay Tuned with Preet. “Earlier this year, under circumstances that are still somewhat mysterious, Bharara was fired by President Donald Trump. Upon his ouster,...

Former Fellow Hansen on Going Local

Former Fellow Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009) wrote an article published by The New York Times Magazine regarding the possibility, as a foreigner, to experience a country as its people do. Hansen remarks that “authenticity in travel, taking in a culture on its own terms, has become an increasingly implausible endeavor, but it’s still a popular...

Former Fellow Hansen on International Perceptions of American Power

Former Fellow Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009) talked about her book Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World, in an interview with Elmira Bayrasli for C-SPAN. Hansen “reports on international perceptions of America’s power and influence as well as her own view of the U.S.” Click here for the interview....

Attorney General Sessions Ties Lax Immigration Laws to Rise of Drug Cartels

Former Fellow Carol Rose (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, 1990-1993) was quoted in an article published by Gloucester Times regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ statement that “loose immigration policies for a proliferation of drug cartels that he says prey on immigrant communities while peddling fentanyl and other deadly opioids on the nation’s streets.” Sessions describes La Mara...

Former Fellow Rose on ACLU’s Request for Dismissal of Tainted Cases

Former Fellow Carol Rose (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, 1990-1993) was featured in an article published by MassLive regarding ACLU of Massachusetts request for the state’s highest court to dismiss all cases tainted by the misconduct of Sonja Farak. The former state drug lab chemist was arrested in 2013 “for stealing samples from the Amherst drug lab to...

Former Fellow Tabler on the President’s “Plan to Stop Iran in Syria”

Former Fellow Andrew Tabler (Lebanon, Syria, 2005-2007) was quoted in an article published by The Washington Post, regarding top Trump administration officials claim that a key pillar of U.S. Syria policy is to prevent Iran from expanding its power there as the Islamic State falls. This is a matter of “grave concern of Syrians and allies such as...

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