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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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June 27, 2013
United States
The World Next Week: Books to Read This Summer
The World Next Week podcast is up. This week, Bob McMahon and I took a break from our regular discussion of next week’s news to kick off the summer with some reading recommendations. Bob and I beg…
October 28, 2005
China
A new Chinese oil strategy? Buy into BP and other oil majors
I think this is potentially very good news. It is not quite Tom Barnett's scenario - that would imply BP and Exxon buying up Chinese oil firms or building infrastructure to supply the Chinese marke…
January 21, 2016
Global
Model Diplomacy, a New Free Simulation by CFR, to Educate Students on Global Affairs
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has launched Model Diplomacy, a National Security Council simulation that engages college and high school students to understand the challenges of shaping and i…
July 23, 2014
Wars and Conflict
TWE Remembers: Austria-Hungary Issues an Ultimatum to Serbia
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. That adage applies to governments as well as to people. A case in point is the ultimatum that Austria gave Serbia on July 23, 1914. Austrian offic…
September 12, 2016
Cybersecurity
Congress Needs to Warn Russia on Election Interference
Responding to reports that Russian hackers stole voter lists in Arizona and Illinois, federal officials are scrambling to help states protect voting systems from cyberattacks in the next sixty days. …
