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Female protesters holds placards and shout anti-government slogans as they took part in demonstration held in the capital Tunis, to call for the fall of the regime and to protest against the 'police violence' used during the latest nightly protests that broke in the country. They called for the release of the young protesters arrested by the police.Protesters chanted slogans, some of them had marked the uprising against the authoritarian regime of the former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali during the Tunisian revolution. The demonstration took place under the slogan: "National march against the return of the police state and Ennahdha's militias". Tunisia, January 23, 2021.Des manifestantes tiennent des pancartes et chantent des slogans antigouvernement alors qu'elles participent a une manifestation qui s'est tenue dans la capitale Tunis, pour appeler a la chute du regime et pour protester contre la 'violence policiere' employee lors des dernieres protestations nocturnes qui ont eclate dans le pays. Ils ont demande la liberation des jeunes manifestants arretes par la police. Les manifestants ont scande des slogans dont certains avaient marque le soulevement populaire contre le regime autoritaire du dictateur et ancien president de la Tunisie, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali pendant la revolution tunisienne. La manifestation s'est deroulee sous le slogan : "Marche nationale contre le retour de l'Etat policier et des milices d'Ennahdha". Tunisie, le 23 janvier 2021.NO USE FRANCE

Order from Chaos

Biden says he will listen to experts. Here is what scholars of the Middle East think.

Marc Lynch and Shibley Telhami

Friday, February 19, 2021

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

TechStream

Zuckerberg’s dilemma: How to moderate Facebook amid violent unrest

Thursday, June 4, 2020

A military vehicle is pictured in front of the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Order from Chaos

Academic experts believe that Middle East politics are actually getting worse

Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch

Monday, September 20, 2021

The Brookings Institution facade in Washington, D.C.

President's Corner

The Passing of Brookings Institution Trustee Vernon Jordan

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

U.S. Army soldiers with the 1st platoon, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, patrol in Mainjui as local women walk by in Arghandab valley in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, May 9, 2010. U.S. forces are massing on the outskirts of Kandahar for the biggest military offensive of the nearly nine-year-old war, in the hope of turning the tide against a strengthening Taliban insurgency. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Order from Chaos

America should stay in Afghanistan until an intra-Afghan deal is reached — not forever

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

PICTURE SHOWS: Before and after the explosionThese satellite images show the extent of the devastation caused by the massive explosion at Beirut's port on Tuesday (4 August 2020).In one after photo the image shows a huge crater where a warehouse once stood.The images were captured the day after the explosion with WorldView-2 by European Space Imaging in order to assess the damage to the surrounding blast site.Almost 20 buildings have been completely destroyed, whilst hundreds of other surrounding buildings have been significantly damaged.A cruise ship has been overturned and four tankers have been damaged.According to AIS data, this cruise ship is the “Orient Queen” sailing under the flag of Bahamas, and originating from port King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia.It has been reported that the explosion at Beirut’s port resulted in the damage of 90% of the hotels in the Lebanese capital and that the blasts could be felt up to 200 km away in Cyprus.“When disaster strikes, VHR satellite imagery can provide critical information for emergency relief operations to evaluate the extent of damage and get an entire overview of the scene,” said Adrian Zevenbergen, Managing Director, European Space Imaging.“It supplies crisis management teams with logistical insights for planning and helps to monitor and detect any changes that may be critical to minimising or even eliminating further catastrophe.”The cause of the explosion is still unknown, however it has been reported that the blasts occurred in a section of the port that stores previously confiscated highly explosive substances.With the country already suffering a crippling economic crisis as a result of battling COVID-19, this explosion plummets the city into further catastrophe with the country’s leader, Hassan Diab, appealing for international assistance.Where: Beirut, LebanonWhen: 07 Aug 2020Credit: European Space Imaging/Cover Images**EDITORIAL USE ONLY. MATERIALS ONLY TO BE USED IN C

Order from Chaos

The not-so-secret value of sharing commercial geospatial and open-source information

Mir Sadat and Michael Sinclair

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1D04743FA0

Order from Chaos

Post-revolutionary Iran and Turkey at 40: Pragmatism and convergence

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Young boys ride their bikes past boarded-up and abandoned row of houses in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH TOWNES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC187F4B9C50

How We Rise

Build race equity into rezoning decisions

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Undated handout picture of U.S., Taliban and Qatar officials during a meeting for peace talks in Doha, Qatar. Qatari Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1623E5FFE0

Order from Chaos

Amid peace talks, what’s next for Afghanistan?

Adam Twardowski

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg looks on upon her arrival at Santo Amaro port in Lisbon, Portugal December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes

Op-Ed

Glasgow, Greta, and good intentions

Thursday, November 4, 2021

People watch fireworks after media announced that Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mark Makela

The Avenue

A memo to President-elect Biden: Don’t coddle white racial anxieties

Thursday, November 12, 2020

The last inmates of the Topo Chico prison, which will be converted into a public park, are transferred to a new prison in Apodaca, during a closing ceremony in Monterrey, Mexico, September 30, 2019. Picture taken September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Order from Chaos

Should Mexico revive the idea of amnesty for criminals?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, March 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo

Afghanistan

Here’s how we can save Afghanistan from ruin even as we withdraw American troops

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, July 5, 2021

A Jordanian doctor walks next a mobile clinic that is operated as part of initiative that was launched with the aim of providing Jordanians with field medical services, amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan, March 30, 2020. Picture taken March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Order from Chaos

Our finest hour

March 28, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, November 17, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Repairing the rift with Turkey

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Ömer Taşpınar

Wednesday, November 18, 2020