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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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November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Trump Policy in the Middle East
What has been the effect of two years of Trump policy in the Middle East? In the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz (and behind their pay wall), I argue that: When Donald Trump arrived in office U.S. in…
March 28, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
Famine in Africa Getting U.S. Media Attention
The March 28, 2017 edition of The New York Times on the front page above the fold has a color image of a Somali child clearly starving to death. Heading up The Times’s international section is a full…
November 10, 2021
U.S. Foreign Policy
TWE Book and Film Recommendations
Looking for something to read or watch? Here is a list of all the books and films recommended on The Water’s Edge.
March 9, 2007
Monetary Policy
Check out Menzie Chinn’s graph over at Econbrowser
In his most recent post, Menzie Chinn plots actual yields on ten-year benchmark Treasury bonds v. the rates predicted by an econometric model based on a series of relatively standard variables (the i…
February 5, 2016
United States
Why a Syria Safe Zone Still Won’t Work or Protect Civilians
Respected former U.S. diplomats Nicholas Burns and James Jeffrey published a Washington Post op-ed today, calling on the U.S. military to lead the creation of a “safe zone” in northern Syria. The aut…
