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February 11, 2015

China
Will China Bail Out Russia?

Russia’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen by nearly 1/3 since October 2013; they’ve fallen 20% just since September 2014.  Whereas the country still has over $300 billion in reserves, about $…

Will China Bail Out Russia?

December 16, 2014

Europe and Eurasia
The Politics of IMF Crisis-Country Growth Projections

IMF GDP growth “projections” accompanying emergency lending programs are nothing of the sort; they are targets the level of which is necessarily set high enough to enable the interventions. Take …

The Politics of IMF Crisis-Country Growth Projections

December 23, 2016

Cyber Week in Review: December 23, 2016

Here is a quick round-up of this week’s technology headlines and related stories you may have missed: 1. No more data for you. The Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated portions of the …

People walk outside the European Commission headquarters in Belgium, November 26, 2015. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

January 5, 2016

International Organizations
Making Sense of “Minilateralism”: The Pros and Cons of Flexible Cooperation

A defining feature of twenty-first century multilateralism is the rising prominence of alternative forms of collective action as complements to—and often substitutes for—traditional intergovernmental…

The leaders of the Council of the European Union, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Japan, China, and the EU Commission meet on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 24, 2014.

September 5, 2013

Europe and Eurasia
From Greek Spreads to German Votes to . . . Greek Spreads?

The German federal elections on September 22 could be of enormous consequence for Greek solvency – and the future of the eurozone.  Today’s Geo-Graphic shows that Greek solvency may itself be of g…

From Greek Spreads to German Votes to . . . Greek Spreads?