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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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December 21, 2016
Japan
Abe and Obama: Reconciliation and the Rebalance
The meeting of U.S. and Japanese leaders in Pearl Harbor will be a reminder of the remarkable journey that transformed the two countries from adversaries to allies.
July 9, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Posner Questions Software Patents
Federal Judge Richard Posner—who recently tossed a major patent case between Apple and Google last month—questions the value of patents in software (Reuters). Posner argues that while innovations in …
October 14, 2012
United States
TWE Remembers: Maj. Richard Heyser Flies a U-2 Over Cuba
The U-2 is a remarkable plane. It can fly at altitudes above 70,000 feet for hours at a time, and it gave the United States an intelligence advantage from the moment it became operational in 1956. (T…
June 19, 2015
Cyber Week in Review: June 19, 2015
Here is a quick round-up of this week’s technology headlines and related stories you may have missed: The Electronic Frontier Foundation published its annual "Who Has Your Back?" report, which as…
August 29, 2016
Monetary Policy
Is The Dirty Little Secret of FX Intervention That It Works?
Foreign exchange intervention has long been one of those things that works better in practice than in theory.* Emerging markets worried about currency appreciation certainly seem to believe it wor…
