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The war Russia is waging against Ukraine has already halted most of Ukraine’s production capabilities. Similarly, the sanctions raised against Russia by the international community end decades of economic cooperation across several economic sectors. This column draws on empirical evidence from over two decades of civil wars across the world to inform the debate on how
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Paul Salem is president of The Middle East Institute. He focuses on issues of political change, transition, and conflict as well as the regional and international relations of the Middle East. Salem is the author and editor of a number of books and reports including Escaping the Conflict Trap: Toward Ending Civil Wars in the Middle East (ed.
Fareed zakaria has called it -- it is certainly not on par with countries like switzerland or canada or denmark or japan. we are considered, we are no longer considered the world's longest democracy. that ended in january of 2021. >> can such ships be easily turned around? is there a threshold countries cross where you can't go back and how close is the u.s. to that threshold? >> one of the things we know is countries that experience one civil war is significantly more likely to experience a second and third civil war. political scientists call that the conflict trap. we've done a lot of resea...
They have actually classified the united states for the very first time as an onocracy, not a full democracy, not a partial democracy. some people call it a hybrid democracy. fareed zakaria has called it an illiberal democracy. but it certainly not considered on par with countries like switzerland or canada or denmark or japan. we are no longer considered the world's longest democracy. that ended in january of 2021. >> can such ships be easily turned around? is there a threshold countries cross where you can't go back, and how close is the u.s. to that threshold? >> one of the things that we k...