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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 3, 2006
Elections and Voting
Congress, Foreign Policy, and the Democratic Party
Polls continue to show Democrats regaining control of at least one house of Congress in the November 7 elections. If this happens, they could exercise greater oversight of executive bodies and trade …
March 12, 2012
Politics and Government
Egypt: Being Fayza Aboulnaga
On Saturday, the Washington Post published an op-ed under the byline of Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Fayza Aboulnaga, titled, “Why Egypt moved against unregistered NGOs.” The Mini…
August 27, 2014
South Korea
Darcie Draudt: The Sewol Controversy and Parliamentary Deadlock in South Korea
Darcie Draudt is a research associate for Korea Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. On Tuesday, South Korea’s main opposition party, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), began a …
September 23, 2005
Middle East and North Africa
Reversing the Flow
This publication is now archived. IntroductionImages of desperation along the U.S. Gulf Coast reversed the usual pattern of relief donations as nations around the world opened their hearts and wallet…
October 19, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Floods and the Jonathan Administration
Floods resulting from the autumn rainy season have devastated central and southeastern Nigeria. According to Nigerian media, the flooding is the worst in fifty years, and has already killed more than…
October 30, 2012
Corporate Governance
Hurricane Sandy: A Lesson in Why Governments Really Matter
Grover Norquist, the anti-tax crusader, has famously said that he has no wish to eliminate government, but only to “shrink it to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.” Americans up and down th…
