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- Author: Elena DeLozier
- Publication Date: 01-2019
- Content Type: Special Report
- Institution: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Abstract: By benefiting from questionable wartime revenue streams and outright corruption, both the Houthi rebels and the U.S.-supported Hadi government are inhibiting a transition to peace. The latest UN Panel of Experts report on Yemen raises new red flags about potential threats to near-term conflict resolution and stabilization. In addition to questioning the cohesiveness of government and rebel forces, it anecdotally details the rise of a robust, mafia-like war economy that creates disincentives for peace on both sides. The panel’s conclusions include a new, particularly damning assessment of Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi’s government and its local affiliates, while also reiterating extant concerns about the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi rebels.
- Topic: Civil War, International Security
- Political Geography: Yemen
- Author: Joseph Braude
- Publication Date: 01-2019
- Content Type: Special Report
- Institution: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Abstract: A new opportunity has emerged to roll back generations of antisemitic and rejectionist messaging in Arab media, mosques, and schools. It stems from the convergence of interests between Israel and Arab powers, a youthful Arab grassroots trend in favor of a “peace between peoples,” and new Israeli and American Jewish capacities to engage Arab public discussions from the outside in. But prospects for change remain severely constrained: In addition to the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate, the legacy of antisemitic brainwashing endures in many Arab institutions and draws further energy from Iranian and jihadist information operations. Meanwhile, proponents of a positive shift lack coordination, planning, and adequate support. In Reclamation: A Cultural Policy for Arab-Israeli Partnership, Joseph Braude documents the opportunity as well as the obstacles, and then proposes a strategy to accelerate progress. He explains how to engage Arab allies in a coordinated communications reform effort, support independent Arab champions of civil relations with Israel and Jews, expand the “outside-in” capacities, and degrade Iranian and jihadist channels of indoctrination within the region.
- Topic: International Security, International Affairs
- Political Geography: Middle East
- Author: Craig Kafura
- Publication Date: 01-2019
- Content Type: Special Report
- Institution: Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Abstract: The federal government remains in a partial shutdown, the longest in US history, as President Trump and Democrats in Congress are deadlocked over funding for expanding the border wall with Mexico. A just-completed Chicago Council Survey shows that both sides have the backing of their public constituencies, but the President’s insistence on this topic has not boosted support for the expansion among the general public. Overall more Americans now oppose expanding the US-Mexico border wall since last asked in 2016.
- Topic: International Affairs
- Political Geography: Global Focus
- Publication Date: 02-2019
- Content Type: Special Report
- Institution: Al Jazeera
- Abstract: The extraordinary criticism that Saudi Arabia is under holds the potential for the US Congress enacting legislation against OPEC. Anti-trust legislation would have turbulent impact on the global energy market in that such pressure could lead members withdrawing from OPEC.
- Topic: Energy Policy, International Security, International Affairs
- Political Geography: Global Focus
- Publication Date: 02-2019
- Content Type: Special Report
- Institution: Al Jazeera
- Abstract: Since 2017, the decline of social capital in Morocco represents a tree that hides a forest. We are now at an interlocking point of two negative trends in this decline: one is political vertical, and the other is societal horizontal.
- Topic: International Relations, International Affairs
- Political Geography: Morocco
- Author: Anna Jacobs
- Publication Date: 02-2019
- Content Type: Special Report
- Institution: Al Jazeera
- Abstract: Morocco’s migration policy reflects of the interconnectedness of foreign policy priorities, desired reform and the reality of domestic politics. Morocco has positioned itself as a counterterrorism and migration ally for Europe; while leaning toward the African Union, and African markets.
- Topic: International Relations, Migration, International Affairs, Global Security
- Political Geography: Global Focus
- Author: Fatima Al-Smadi
- Publication Date: 12-2019
- Content Type: Special Report
- Institution: Al Jazeera
- Abstract: The sanctions affect Iran in many ways, not only in economic terms. This paper examines the impact of sanctions on Iran’s domestic and foreign policy.
- Topic: International Affairs
- Political Geography: Iran
- Author: Qiyuan Xu
- Publication Date: 01-2018
- Content Type: Working Paper
- Institution: Institute for World Economics and Politics
- Abstract: In 2017, the Chinese economy rebounded more significantly than expected. There is now general anticipation that growth in 2018 will fall slightly compared with that of 2017, but that it will remain stable at 6.5 percent or above. However, there are some factors that could lead to downward pressure on investment and consumption in 2018
- Topic: International Political Economy, International Affairs
- Political Geography: China
- Author: Ville Sinkkonen, Mika Aaltola
- Publication Date: 01-2018
- Content Type: Working Paper
- Institution: The Finnish Institute for International Affairs
- Abstract: Donald Trump’s first year as President has been marked by continuity in US security policy, a partial challenge to the global principles of free trade, and a sea change in commitments to the liberal international order. These reflect a view of the international system as a zero-sum competitive realm.
- Topic: International Political Economy, Political Theory, Capitalism
- Political Geography: Global Focus
- Publication Date: 01-2018
- Content Type: Working Paper
- Institution: LSE IDEAS
- Abstract: This LSE IDEAS Special Report - with senior contributors from politics, journalism, and academia - looks at the internal causes and consequences of the return of the 'Middle Kingdom'. It explores the extent to which Deng's momentous economic reforms in 1978 have shaped modern China, what the country's expanded international role under Xi means, and who really makes Chinese foreign policy.
- Topic: International Affairs, Global Political Economy
- Political Geography: China