Venezuela, the State That Refuses to Collapse
…and Rebranded Oil Blacklisted by U.S. Winds Up in China,” Bloomberg, January 21, 2021, www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-22/china-imports-oil-doctored-to-skirt-u-s-sanctions-on-venezuela?leadSource=uverify%20wall. 60 “Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó Cheered at US Congress Speech,” BBC News, February 5, 2020, www.bbc.com/news/av/51384726….
Water Crisis in the MENA region
…the country’s main river system, the Yarmouk-Jordan River, continue to taper off due to dam-building. Any future cross-border conflict scenarios will deepen the country’s refugee crisis and sharing of scarce…
Normalizing China’s Relations with the Paris Club
…treatment of newer agencies with more limited membership is an open issue. These newer agencies range from the European investment Bank to the African Exim Bank and could include the…
UN Ebola Intervention: A New Beginning for International Emergency Response
…collapse. The crisis dealt a heavy blow to the struggling regional economy right when the countries were trying to establish a new narrative of growth and economic recovery. Flights into…
Risks and Opportunities in an Increasingly Multipolar Middle East
…resort. Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group saw potential to avert crisis not through revival of the moribund 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) but an interim fix of “restraint…
Mona Yacoubian participates in Belfer Center panel on Syrian crisis
Experts on Syrian Crisis: How to End the Bloodshed On September 24, the Belfer Center and the Institute of Politics co-sponsored a discussion on the state of the ongoing crisis…
Barry Blechman speaks at World Affairs Council: “50 Years of Nuclear Crisis – From Cuba to Iran”
On Tuesday, December 18, Stimson Co-Founder and Distinguished Fellow Barry Blechman spoke at the World Affairs Council – Washington, DC‘s “50 Years of Nuclear Crisis – From Cuba to Iran.”…
The Crude Truth: Emma Ashford on the Global Energy Crisis
…between efforts to cut itself off from Russian oil and Moscow’s firm grip on energy exports, the repercussions of today’s energy crisis are acute. How much control does the United…