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February 12, 2015
Fossil Fuels
A Must Read New Book on Oil, Finance, and Economic History
In 1863, with the first American oil boom “at full tilt”, Andrew Carnegie had an epiphany: the world would soon run out of oil. He and a partner “decided to dig an enormous hole, capable of holding 1…
November 1, 2013
Thailand
First Draft of a New Book on Thailand’s Monarchy
Although Thailand’s monarchy is, other than the few remaining traditional monarchies like Saudi Arabia and Brunei, probably the most powerful royal family in the world, it has been the subject of ver…
November 25, 2014
Bangladesh
The Blood Telegram by Gary Bass Wins CFR’s 2014 Arthur Ross Book Award
An independent jury has selected The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (Alfred A. Knopf) by Gary J. Bass as the 2014 winner of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Arthur R…
February 16, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Romney's China Policy
In the Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney writes that China's embrace of state-capitalism and political repression should not become …
December 9, 2010
Climate Change
A View from Kenya on Cancun
I asked Josh Busby, an Assistant Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, to write a guest post for this blog. Josh is conducting research on climate change…
May 8, 2013
Education
Despite Economy, American Values Hold Strong
There are many remarkable findings in the polling cited by Andrew Kohut and Michael Dimock in their new working paper for Renewing America, entitled "Resilient American Values: Optimism in an Era of …
