Climate Change - Carbon Offset The Christian Science Monitor Cash for trees: Homegrown Carbon Offset program bears fruit - -
Depending on whom you ask, carbon offsets might be a vital component of climate action or an ineffective – even colonialist – way to assuage guilt. A Uganda nonprofit may have found the key difference. By Christopher Bendana & Ryan Lenora Brown
Analysis The Christian Science Monitor A door for peace in Rising U.S - Iran tensions - -
Washington and Tehran have escalated tensions as hard-liners on each side seem to smell victory. Yet behind the posturing remains a chance for mediation by a neutral friend. By Editorial Board
U.S - Iran Sanctions The New York Times White House reviews Military plans against Iran, in echoesof Iraq war - -
last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East should Iran attack American forces or accelerate work on nuclear weapons, administration officials said By Eric Schmitt & Julian Ebrames
News Analysis The Foreign Affairs The art of new Iran deal - -
What the World’s Diplomats Really Think of Trump’s Endgame in Iran By Sanam Vakil
Argument The Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia has big plans in India - -
With Saudi Aramco’s bid for a stake in Reliance Industries, the oil giant is looking to establish a permanent foothold in the South Asian country. By Amir Handjani
Middle East - Future Peace The Christian Science Monitor War without end in Gaza: Why Israeli army is battling the government - -
Civilian control over the military is essential in democracy, but what happens when the military’s expertise is ignored for political reasons? The Israeli military’s frustration over the costly Gaza conflict is coming to the surface. By Dina Kraft
Analysis The Economist America sees an opportunity to deliver a lethal, decisive blow to Iran -- brinkmanship in the Middle East - -
Also, giving voice to the speechless and giving British food its due By Podcasts
Iranian - American The Foreign Affairs What it means to be Iranian in America - -
Forgetting the Revolution By Shervin Malekzadeh
Religion & Freedom The New York Times We are taking religious freedom too far - -
We have a right to practice our beliefs, but we don’t have the right to discriminate against others, or endanger their lives. By Margaret Penki
Analysis The Economist Foreign policy after Donald Trump - -
A few Democrats see a chance for a brave new world By Print Edition
U.S -- Iran The New York Times Citing Iranian threat, U.S. sends carrier group & bombers to Persian Gulf - -
“to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force,” By Edward Wang
Prespective The Washington Post Add to the list of thing that divide Washingtonians: Azeleas - -
They’re in full bloom across our region this time of year — to the joy of some and the dismay of many others. By Theresa Vergas
Opinions The New York Times The American family makes this
President Trump’s stance on legal and undocumented immigrants could have devastating results. By Janet Murguia
Economy & Business The National Review The Miracle of industrialization - -
Why the world stopped having to be poor. By Marian Tupy
Development - New Visions The Foreign Policy We need a new vision in development - -
World Bank chief economist Pinelopi Goldberg says equality can’t be an afterthought in plans for economic growth.
By Michael Hirsh
Analysis The Christian Science Monitor The longest wars - -
Richard Holbrooke and the Decline of American Power By George Paker
Japan The Economist How Monarchies surve modernity - -
As Japan’s emperor hands over to his son and the Thai king is crowned, monarchies are thriving
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Opinions The New York Times Has our luck run out - -
Most crucial problems today are global in nature and can be dealt with only by a global coalition. By Thomas L. Friedman
History - Roosevelt The Christian Science Monitor What a 9 - year - old saw in Teddy Roosevelt - -
His success crystallized my aspirations. If I could only be like Teddy, how sweet life would be. By Robert Klose
Opinions The New York Times An era defined by fears - -
The emotional tone underneath the political conflicts. By David Brooks
U.S - Iran Sanctions The New York Times Seiptical U.S. allies resist Trump's claims of treats from Iran - -
Officials said Mr. Trump was aware that Mr. Bolton’s instinctual approach to Iran could lead to war; aides suggested that the president’s own aversion to drawn-out overseas conflicts would be the best hope of putting the brakes on military escalation. By Helene Cooper & Edward Wang
U.S - Iran Sanctions The Foreign Affairs What the World’s Diplomats Really Think of Trump’s Endgame in Iran
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U.S. - Europe - Iran Sanctions The Washington Post Pompeo crashes Brussels meeting of E.U. Diplomats for Iran Talks - -
The unplanned visit pits Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against European foreign ministers who had been meeting to bolster the faltering Iran nuclear deal against a U.S. assault. By Michael Birnbaum
U.S - Iran Sanctions The Christian Science Monitor Sanctions, threats, deadlines: How the Iran nuclear deal is faring - -
The Iran nuclear deal was a singular accomplishment for Presidents Obama and Rouhani. But for President Trump it’s always been a “bad deal.” Now he’s testing the impact of new sanctions and putting pressure on Europe too By Scott Peterson
Middle East - Future Peace The Christian Science Monitor War without end in Gaza: Why Israeli army is battling the government - -
Civilian control over the military is essential in democracy, but what happens when the military’s expertise is ignored for political reasons? The Israeli military’s frustration over the costly Gaza conflict is coming to the surface. By Dina Kraft
U.S - Iran Sanctions The New York Times U.S. issues new sanctions as Iran warns it will step back from nuclear deal - -
The announcement by Iran’s president does not kill the 2015 deal, but it pushes the confrontation between Washington and Tehran into new and potentially dangerous territory. By David E. Sanger, Edward wong, Steven Erlanger & Eric Schmitt
Iran - U.S. Sanctions The National Review Iran begins backing out of nuclear deal - -
President Hassan Rouhani announced that the country would begin stockpiling enriched uranium rather than selling it abroad. By Jack Crowe
Analysis Asharq Al - Awsat Iran a tale of two losers - -
In its simplest form the main argument was that 40 years after the Islamic Revolution, the clergy-led ruling elite was still behaving like a sect rather than a state, thus preventing Iran from behaving like a normal nation with all its merits and defects. By Amir Taheri
Analysis The Foreign Policy If nobody knows your Iran policy, does it even exist ? - -
The Trump administration’s top foreign-policy priority is the Islamic Republic—but it’s unclear to what end. By Stephen M. Walt
U.S -- Iran The Foreign Policy Elias Groll & Lara Seligman
White House says it will deploy carrier strike group and bomber task force to counter Tehran By Elias Groll & Lara Seligman
Israel - Palestinians The Foreign Policy The false promise of protest - -
David Shulman’s diaries of resisting the Israeli occupation show the limits of activism in the face of rampant dispossession and despair. By Tareq Baconi
Opinions The New York Times A Century, America built another kind of wall - -
There was a time when even Ivy League scientists supported racial restrictions at the border. By Daniel Okrent
Opinions The New York Times The revolt of the Democratic Elites - -
And the surprising strength of the rank and file. By David Brooks
Analysis The Christian Science Monitor - - Why Europe is again a battlefield for Iran's internal wars - -
Under increasing pressure from the U.S. and regional rivals, the Islamic Republic feels like it is fighting for its survival. One result appears to be the revival of a long-dormant covert war against insurgents based in Europe. By Scott Peterson
Development - New Visions The Foreign Policy We need a new vision in development - -
World Bank chief economist Pinelopi Goldberg says equality can’t be an afterthought in plans for economic growth. By Michael Hirsh
Analysis The Economist Don't genetically enhance people improve society - -
Genomic technologies widen inequality, says Gulzaar Barn, a philosopher at King’s College, London By Gulzaar Barn
Iran -- IRGC The Foreign Policy Iran's changing of the guards - -
The IRGC just selected a new leader. Here’s why—and what it means for Iranian strategy. By Nader Uskowi & Omer Carmi
Technology The New Republic Breaking up Amazon won't solve its climate problem - -
The tech giant changed how Americans buy stuff. It will have to do so again—whether it wants to or not. By Amily Atkin
Africa -- Human Righs The Foreign Affairs People power is rising in Africa - -
How Protest Movements Are Succeeding Where Even Global Arrest Warrants Can’t By Zoe Marks, Erica Chenoweth, and Jide Okeke
Lung Cancer The Economist Screeningfor Lung Cancer is a controversial idea - -
But the evidence now suggests it can work By Print Edition
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