Participants in the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq (February 12-14, 2018) pledged approximately $30 billion out of the $88 billion the government of Iraq (GoI) hoped to secure.1 Nonetheless, the conference reflected a conceptual shift by both the GoI and international actors. Namely, the private sector is expected to play a major role […]
Cyprus gas prospects threatened by Turkey
The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has begun talks with US-based Noble Energy regarding the exploitation of an offshore gas field. The Aphrodite field lies near Cyprus’ maritime border with Israel; Noble is also developing the Leviathan field on Israel’s side of the line. But for Cyprus, developing its underwater resources is proving more difficult than […]
Sisi to visit Ethiopia in hopes of ending Nile dispute
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is heading to Addis Ababa this week to participate in an African Union summit. Mr. Sisi will also reportedly undertake direct, high-level talks with Ethiopia’s prime minister on the future of the Nile River, and Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam in particular. The hydroelectric project has been a source of friction […]
CIA study finds arming rebel forces rarely works
A CIA study commissioned by the White House concluded that the Agency’s past efforts to arm rebel forces in foreign countries had rarely produced desired outcomes, according to the New York Times. Government officials familiar with the classified report explained that President Obama had asked for the CIA self-study as part of the government’s internal […]
State Sovereignty, Intervention, and International Law
There is probably no branch of international law which is so calculated to encourage the skeptic as that mass of contradictory precedents, dogmatic assertions, and vague principles which are collected under the common head of “intervention,” and perhaps there is no more potentially dangerous ground of intervention than that which is variously described as” self-preservation” […]
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