Russell Sticklor’s Op-ed in World Politics Review on Israel-Jordan shared water management
…water into Jordan, one of the most water-scarce countries in the world, via a new cross-border pipeline from the Sea of Galilee, a fresh-water lake. To continue reading, click here….
Future Urban Conflict, Technology, and the Protection of Civilians
…those threats and vulnerabilities will assist military planners. Likewise, urban populations depend on systems such as water, sanitation, electricity, food production and distribution, and access to transportation and communications. This…
Iran’s Environment: Greater Threat Than Foreign Foes
…evaluated on 22 environmental indicators, including water resources, air pollution, biodiversity and climate change, according to the 2012 Environmental Performance Index compiled by Yale and Columbia Universities. Water Iran’s fresh water supplies…
Cultural Exchange and the Prospects for Inter-societal Relations Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
…from the field of literature, media, religious diplomacy, and documentary filmmaking, in addition to several European experts, to discuss the challenges and opportunities of cultural diplomacy and cultural exchange in…
Iran Faces a Choice Between Change From the Top or Rebellion From Below
…that replaced the Shah, Khamenei referred obliquely to opposition calls for a “change of the constitution,” blamed external enemies for the unrest, and claimed paradoxically that their hostility was the…
Experts React: What the Epic Fury Iran Strikes Signal to the World
…executed, does not answer the central question: what political mechanism converts military punishment into regime change? The mechanism that regime-change advocates implicitly rely on is decapitation—the idea that striking leaders and…
Why Talk of ‘Regime Change’ Raises Lingering Ghosts of Humiliation in Iran
…change, territorial threats from neighbors, and the erosion of political sovereignty, any event that reopens these historical wounds can carry serious implications for both regional and global security. These memories…
Seismic Shift: Understanding Change in the Middle East
…which creates the illusion that one can easily know what is happening anywhere in the world, big surprises still occur. Societies change, governments make choices that have consequences, and the…