I wrote about the proposed Chinese carbon tax on Monday. Xinhua reports (h/t Weathervane -- the link is to a two month old article that I hadn’t noticed) that it might be partly aimed at avoiding any…

This week’s latest round of Iran talks seems to have done little to reconcile the two sides on the country’s nuclear position, says CFR’s Michael A. Levi.

I argued earlier this week that many were overreacting to the outcome from the Durban climate talks. Trevor Houser, partner at RHG and visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute, posted his own though…