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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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March 22, 2018
Trade
The Trump Tariffs on China: A Perilous Moment
The new tariffs are a high-stake gamble that economic shock and awe can succeed where negotiations have failed.
January 6, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Telescopic Philanthropy, 2011
Wreckage is seen after rioters damaged shops in Maan. (Petra Petra/Courtesy Reuters) APN News: "Rioters in the southern Jordanian city of Maan set fire to government buildings, police cars and busin…
July 2, 2009
Financial Markets
"A more balanced economy might allow the world to live with a less perfect financial system"
Mike Dooley and Peter Garber argue (at VoxEU) that the recent crisis has nothing to do with “Bretton Woods 2” -- an international monetary system where reserve growth in the “periphery” financed defi…
April 3, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya Elections
While violence broke out sporadically, post-election Kenya is far from the domestic Armageddon that followed the 2007 elections. Uhuru Kenyatta, under indictment by the International Criminal Court (…
March 27, 2006
United States
Good thing Michael Mandel read my 2004 paper, not my 2005 paper -
With the 2004 paper on US external sustainability, there is at least some possibility that Nouriel's and my dire forecasts will prove to be right. The core argument of that paper is that the contin…