At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, students simulated several reactions to a Korean Peninsula crisis in the 2020s. In the simulation, the United States and North Korean heads of state had previously agreed to a halt to joint military …
Professor Lesley Wexler Writes on Chlorine Gas Attacks in Syria
During World War I, use of chlorine gas a weapon violated prohibitions of the 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions on use of poison weapons. Use of chlorine gas as a …
The Doomsday Clock has been updated with just two minutes to midnight. A nuclear war seems to be right around the corner as the DPRK’s leader and President Trump increase international tensions. However, the times may not be as unpredictable …
This workshop aims to probe what globalization really means in today’s Middle East, and how it is reflected in movements, peoples, cultures, art forms, and networks. The aim is to show how groups, ideas, and practices that originated in the …
Trita Parsi was keynote speaker at our September 29 symposium, Shifting Iran-US Relations. He is the author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy and president of the National Iranian American Council.
On November 30,
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