Decoder: Tackling climate change with good COPs, bad COPs
For years, governments have engaged in marathon annual talks to try to end global warming. But they often fall frustratingly short.
View ArticleAmid bombs and bullets, reporters are our eyes and ears.
We grab for news when events turn tragic and frightening. But we don't think about the journalists on the ground who stay put amid violence and mayhem to bring us that news.
View ArticleThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict in context
Hostages held by Hamas. An invasion of Gaza. A crush of refugees fleeing for safety. This conflict has a long history and must be understood in context.
View ArticleDecoder: The peril of neglecting Middle East peace
Hamas shatters the illusion of Israeli control.
View ArticleDecoder Replay: War is more complicated than media reports
Journalists tend to depict conflict as violent struggles between good and bad. There is a different way to think about war.
View ArticleDecoder: All’s fair in love, but not war
There is an evolving global consensus that some acts of violence in warfare are not acceptable. But how in the world can we enforce that?
View ArticleTwo states but one homeland. A path for Mideast peace?
Despite the failure to achieve even substantial cease fires in Israel's war with Hamas, there are people who still think lasting peace is possible.
View ArticleFighting for more than survival
The Kurdish people in North Syria are attacked by Turkey to the north and Syria to the south. No one wants them there but they have nowhere to go.
View ArticleSocial media for combating hate and disinformation
From Gaza to Israel to the United States some people are turning to social media for civil discussion. Can we stop disinformation about the Middle East?
View ArticleDecoder Replay: Houthis make the Red Sea a war zone
The Houthis, battle-hardened from years of fighting a civil war in Yemen, have proven to be a formidable adversary to Israel and its allies in the Red Sea.
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