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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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October 11, 2006
United States
U.S. Energy Dependence Undercutting U.S. National Security, Council Task Force Warns
America’s dependence on imported energy increases its strategic vulnerability and constrains its ability to pursue foreign policy and national security objectives, finds a Council-sponsored Independe…
December 1, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Nuclear Smuggling, and Gun Violence
Craig Whitlock, “Drone Crashes Mount at Civilian Airports,” Washington Post, November 30, 2012. In Djibouti, five Predators have crashed since the Air Force began ramping up drone operations there t…
March 5, 2012
Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech
Politicians give speeches all the time. Most of what they say is quickly forgotten, or perhaps better never said in the first place. But occasionally a politician gives a speech that defines an age. …
March 4, 2008
Political History and Theory
Fear and Hitler's Instant Subversion of Freedom
Historian Fritz Stern will provide his thoughts on Hitler’s transformation of Germany into a one-party dictatorship in approximately four months. Does this still classic instance of subverting the ru…
October 5, 2004
Global
The IMF and G-7 Need to Better Tailor Crisis Interventions: Misdirection, Miscalculations, and Politics Producing Poor Results
October 5, 2004 - Roughly once a year, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the U.S. treasury secretary, and in some cases, the finance ministers of other G-7 countries get…