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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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January 5, 2015
Killing “The Death of Sykes-Picot”
Happy New Year! Devoted readers of this blog will know that I generally loathe the annual end- and beginning-of-the-year roundups, lists, retrospectives, and prognostications. “Lame” is the only way …
December 7, 2022
2022 in Review
Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2023
As 2022 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2023.
August 19, 2015
Human Rights
Women Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, from August 12 to August 18, was compiled by Valer…
February 16, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Iran’s Nuclear Program and Syria’s Civil War
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the UN inspectors visiting Iran for a second time; the "Friends of Syria" meeting in Tunis; and the convening of G20 foreign ministers i…
February 8, 2006
Monetary Policy
The central bank (and oil fund) bid
I am constantly amazed by the concern well paid Wall Street economists display for poor Chinese peasants. China, you see, cannot revalue the RMB without devastating rural China. A revalued RMB wo…