The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting the need for expanded refugee policies and changes in how refugees are supported and who provides that support. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided us the ultimate test of the efficacy of our international humanitarian organizations and refugee support systems. Global, centralized humanitarian organizations have been unable to respond sufficiently to […]
The Navigator from CGP
ISIS in Syria: A Deadly New Focus
Editor’s Note: This is part one of “ISIS 2020” – a series of briefings about the current status of the Islamic State by authors from different parts of the region, published by the Center for Global Policy’s Nonstate Actors and Geopolitics Program. The ISIS series is edited by Non-State Actors and Geopolitics (NAG) Director Hassan Hassan, […]
The COVID-19 Era and U.S.-Russian Relations
As it forces countries around the world to rethink their strategies, the COVID-19 pandemic could allow the United States to improve its troubled relationship with Russia. The global coronavirus crisis is likely to have geopolitical effects for years, if not decades, to come. Indeed, the entire global order could shift as the world’s major powers […]
Russia, Turkey and the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
Numerous factors have put Syria’s constitutional talks on hold. Foremost is the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes it impossible to bring some 150 negotiators into one room anymore. But even without this global crisis, deep divisions between the two principal stakeholders, Turkey and Russia, will continue to obstruct the political process. While these two geopolitical heavyweights […]
How the U.S. Should Deal with the WHO
The United States, as the largest donor to the World Health Organization, should initiate an investigation into the agency’s failures – including whether China had any role in those failures – and lead a global effort to reform the organization. As the largest donor to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States should use […]
The Coalition Withdrawal from Iraq: Fact and Fiction
Tensions between Shiite militias loyal to Iran and U.S.-led coalition forces have been high since the Jan. 3 U.S. airstrike that killed the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Two days after Soleimani’s death, the Iraqi Parliament passed a non-binding resolution to expel the coalition forces and end their combat and logistical support […]