Reflecting on Kofi Annan: Can We Love What We are Without Hating What We are Not?
Guest post by Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst. Kofi Annan will long be remembered for his celebrated, if…
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All Stick, No Carrots: The Shortsighted Geopolitics of the Iran Sanctions
By Cullen Hendrix for Denver Dialogues. The Trump administration, having withdrawn the United States from the Joint Comprehensive…
How Human Boundaries Become State Borders: Territorial Change Now and in the Future
Guest post by Peter Krause and Ehud Eiran. State-led attempts to expand their territory are becoming less and…
Migration in the Mediterranean: A Second Crisis of Europe’s Making
By Devon Cone and Kelsey P. Norman for Denver Dialogues. EU heads of state met two weeks ago…
The Future of Human Rights in Turkey
Guest post by Emir Yazici. Turkey held presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24. Erdogan has secured another…
Concerns Over a Coercive Return of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon
By Kelsey Norman Last summer, the issue of refugees returning to Syria began making headlines. The UNHCR reported…
Hard-liners Get What They Want In Israel—A Sanction for More Violence
by Joel Day The recent murder of a Jewish settler in the West Bank has changed the settlement debate…
Explaining Iran’s Response to the Protests
By Graig R. Klein & Patrick M. Regan The recent protests in Iran are the bubbling over of…
Was the End of the Cold War the Beginning of the Oil Curse?
By Cullen S. Hendrix for Denver Dialogues Oil is the world’s most widely-traded commodity, and–a few alternative fuel…
Democracy in Peril: Ten Elections to Watch in 2018
By Timothy D. Sisk for Denver Dialogues Democracy’s resilience into the 21st century is rightly questioned. In 2017,…