The climate denialism coming from some leaders in the Middle East will have deadly consequences, from repeats of the biblical-like floods that devastated Libya last year, to temperatures as high as 129 degrees Fahreinheit in parts of Saudi Arabia. Juan Cole fpif.org/playing-russia…

Gang violence is increasing in Haití -- are we just one election away from something similar in the United States?

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Thanks in large part to the extremism of Netanyahu’s government, more Americans are growing critical of the U.S.’s unrestricted support of Israel — and of Zionism.

Will our leaders catch up with the public? John Feffer in Foreign Policy In Focus (fpif.org): fpif.org/the-break-up/

It's tough to celebrate Arab-American Heritage Month whilst 2.3 million Palestinians face genocide in Gaza. But, as Farrah Hassan writes in FPIF, 'we are reminded that dissent is the highest form of 'patriotism.'

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To ensure security, the Baltic countries and their partners in Europe will need to help facilitate the emergence of a more progressive Russian government, a long-term vision that will require a collaborative embrace of Russian minorities in the region. fpif.org/peace-from-the…

ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for last month's terrorist attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall music venue. Some Russia experts have reason to question who was behind it.

fpif.org/the-terrorist-…

Are the United States and Israel headed towards a divorce?

fpif.org/the-break-up/

The new book, 'Some People Need Killing,' will be a tough read in the Philippines, where its account of the brutal murders of 27,000 people during Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs' will certainly arouse all-too-fresh trauma. Walden Bello writes
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In light of #Niger 's ousting of U.S. military personnel on its soil, it's time to take stock of America's failed global #WarOnTerror Nick Turse writes in FPIF:

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While President Javier Milei ran his election campaign on making the 'political caste' pay for Argentina's economic mismanagement, his policies since taking office have predictably burdened the poor and working classes.

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Atal Ahmadzai, in FPIF: 'geopolitical fog... has overshadowed a growing reality: ISIS-K’s increasing capabilities to orchestrate attacks in different regions.'
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The U.S. is continuing its illegal airstrikes in Yemen as the Biden administration remains focused on protecting shipping interests.

Read more: fpif.org/want-faster-sh…

Concepts like the 'right to exist' and the 'right to self-defense' animate discussions around the #GazaWar , but what do they mean? And what is their history?

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The Biden admin is increasingly militarizing foreign policy, fearmongering the public to believe that Russia poses a direct security and military threat to the U.S. and the 'free world.' The result is an ungovernable $895 billion Pentagon budget. fpif.org/spending-unlim…

Donald Trump continues to invoke 'America First,' a nationalist dog whistle widely considered antisemitic and racist.
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'Green growth' is already driving conflict over control of so-called critical minerals around the world-- especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's richest country in terms of wealth of resources.

Read more: fpif.org/drc-bleeds-con…