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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 13, 2012
Politics and Government
Friday File: Is Obama Reinventing Government?
Above the Fold. My BlackBerry buzzed this morning with email alerts informing me that President Obama intends to ask Congress for authority to merge several of the federal government’s trade- and com…
June 3, 2008
Middle East and North Africa
Persian Gulf Nations’ Bulging Coffers Bring ’Wrenching Transformation’
Youssef Ibrahim, a risk consultant and the former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, discusses the flood of money lining Persian Gulf coffers.
June 19, 2007
Monetary Policy
Sovereign Wealth Funds are sexy, but the real story right now comes from plain old central bank reserves …
Everyone now wants to talk about sovereign wealth funds, both how big they will become and how they will (or will not) impact a range of markets. I tend to agree with Tony Tassel and Joanna Chung of…
June 11, 2010
United States
Government Should Encourage Investment in "Small Enough to Fail" Hedge Funds, Urges CFR’s Sebastian Mallaby in New Book
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, policymakers in the United States and around the world have focused on the problem of "too big to fail" institutions, debating remedies ranging from h…
June 10, 2013
India
Governance in India: Women’s Rights
Several high-profile sexual assault cases in India have sparked a national debate over women’s rights and the need for social reform in a rapidly modernizing country.
