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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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May 30, 2012
Iran
Is South Korea Undermining Sanctions Against Iran?
The Wall Street Journal delivered some disturbing news yesterday: South Korea “sharply boosted imports of Iranian crude” in April, buying 42 percent more than a year before, and 57 percent more than …
March 15, 2012
Iran
Using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: In for an Inch, In for a Mile
Oil prices are on the rise, and with them so are rumors of a possible release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. I’m ambivalent about the wisdom of a release later this year, on both economic and …
February 28, 2012
China
How Bad Could High Gas Prices Be?
Gas prices continue to climb, and, as I predicted last week, so does the volume of gas price punditry. That post sparked a sequence of smart thoughts from Matt Yglesias, Ryan Avent, Tim Duy, and Karl…
February 22, 2012
Iran
How To Talk To Tehran
Richard Haass and I have an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal in which we outline a strategy for U.S. diplomacy with Iran. The basics are simple: Neither war nor containment is an attractive optio…
December 21, 2011
Fossil Fuels
Guest Post: Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy Is More than Economics
Nigerian workers in protest in Lagos March 21, 2001. (George Esiri/Courtesy Reuters) Many readers of this blog will be familiar with the pernicious consequences of fossil fuel subsidies -- and how d…
