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Since the United Kingdom’s June 23 referendum, the term “Brexit” has come to stand for much more than just the country’s prospective exit from the European Union.
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An Egyptian-American has been in pretrial detention in Egypt for more than 900 days—for helping street children. What is strange about Aya Hijazi's case is that she meets none of the obvious criteria for...
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Earlier this week we reassessed China’s compliance with 15 rulings contained in the July 12 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea arbitral award.
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I wrote yesterday in Foreign Policy about the coming ICC investigation in Afghanistan. Unless something changes dramatically in the next days and weeks, that investigation will include some allegations a...
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The Yemen War is a Disaster, But Why Would the Houthis Attack Mecca?
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There are limited details about the recent U.S. Freedom of Navigation (FON) operation in the South China Sea on October 21, but by any account it surely did not achieve what some had advocated: challengi...
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Last month, we argued that despite China’s rhetoric, China had only clearly violated four out of 15 rulings contained in the July 12 U.N. Convention for the Law of the Sea arbitral award. China’s complia...
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Editor's Note: The United States cannot fight terrorism without allies, but these alliances bring with them new problems and at times make counterterrorism far more complicated, to put it gently. Clint W...
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Manila triangulates relationship with Washington, Beijing, and Tokyo
President Duterte and Prime Minister Abe meet in Tokyo (Photo: Reuters)
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As the U.K. government prepares itself for the beginning of Brexit negotiations in March 2017, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no off-ramp—and, for that matter, no brakes on the car. If y...
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Editor's Note: With the operation in Mosul well underway, Iraq expert and Brookings Doha visiting fellow Ranj Alaaldin sat down with Brookings Doha’s Communications Assistant Sumaya Attia to discuss why ...
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Last Friday, on the heels of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declaring his “separation from the United States” during a visit to China, the USS Decatur conducted a freedom of navigation operation (F...