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The Politics of a Constitutional Crisis

by Noah Feldman | Dec 28, 2016 | Opinion

Many constitutional systems around the globe have been tested in 2016. Turkey, Poland, the UK, the U.S. — each case sheds some light on how different constitutional arrangements respond to the challenges of political factions. Begin with the worst constitutional...

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A Navy sailor maintaining a fighter jet on the deck of the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower last month. Joint Stars and other surveillance planes “paint a picture” of the Islamic State on the ground for United States fighters and bombers to attack. Credit Petr David Josek/Associated Press

Aboard a U.S. Eye in the Sky, Staring Down ISIS

by Eric Schmitt | Dec 28, 2016 | Features

ABOARD A JOINT STARS SURVEILLANCE PLANE, Over Northern Iraq — Flying at 30,000 feet, the powerful radar aboard this Air Force jet peered deep into Syrian territory, hunting for targets on the ground to strike in the looming offensive to seize Raqqa, ISIS’s capital. It...

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) delivers remarks as U.S. President Barack Obama looks on at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Abe, Obama Announce ‘Alliance of Hope’ at Pearl Harbor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 28, 2016 | World

Honolulu, U.S. – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited on Tuesday the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, where he offered “sincere and everlasting condolences” to the victims of Japan’s attack on the base 75 years ago. “We must never repeat the horrors of war...

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Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi waves to journalists during a news conference in Tehran in this April 28, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/Files

Iran: Karroubi Quits Political Party after Six Years of House Arrest

by Adel al-Salmi | Dec 28, 2016 | World

London – Former Iranian presidential candidate and president of the National Trust Party, Mehdi Karroubi, resigned from his party political role after almost six years spent under house arrest. Karroubi ran as a reformist candidate in the 2009 presidential elections....

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Fears on Eruption of Biological Warfare in 21st Century

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 28, 2016 | World

London- Biological weapons of mass destruction with the ability to spread deadly diseases like Ebola and Zika could wipe out up to a fifth of the world’s population, it has been claimed, ex-NATO commander James Stavridis has said. Stavridis described the...