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Duggan Flanakin

Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst for the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow and a frequent writer on public policy issues. A former senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Arkansas Public Policy Foundation, Flanakin holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Regent University.
Opinion

Kurdish American Entrepreneur Waiting for U.S. Help

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Ever since Sara Saleem crawled out of her prison window in Basra 11 years ago, the Iraqi-born Kurdish American citizen has been waiting for...
Middle East and Africa

Saleem’s Ordeal Calls Iraq’s Future Into Question

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Two years ago, newly elected Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid told the world that "his country is now at peace, democratic, and intent on rebuilding economic life...
Diplomacy

Indonesia’s New President Will Be Active on the World Stage

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When Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is sworn in as Indonesia's eighth president, the southeast Asian archipelago nation, with the world's fourth largest population, stands ready...
Middle East and Africa

Suppression of Ghana’s New Force Is Backfiring

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As is the case for the United States and many other nations, 2024 is a presidential election year in Ghana, a nation whose 1992...
Middle East and Africa

Exposing Hezbollah’s Corruption of Lebanon

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Lebanon was once called, perhaps inaccurately, the Switzerland of the Middle East prior to the 1975 onset of a 15-year civil war. Not until...
Europe

Albania’s Edi Rama Allocates Electoral Campaign Budget to Plant Trees in Every City

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The local elections in Albania take place in less than two weeks, and the Socialist Party of Albania has made an impressive move by...
Europe

Montenegro’s Dukanovic: Western Indifference Could Push Balkans Away

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Montenegrin President Milo Dukanovic, in the midst of a tough reelection campaign that ends with Sunday's voting, issued a stern warning to the West...

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