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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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September 5, 2005
Economics
Those Louisiana ports, once again
They truly are of fundamental importance to the US economy - particularly the agricultural economy of the Midwest. George Friedman of Statfor asks a good question? How effectively can a port functi…
October 25, 2006
United States
Flynn: Homeland Security ’Report Card’
To mark its fifth anniversary, Stephen E. Flynn, CFR’s leading national security expert, evaluates the general performance of the Office of Homeland Security.
October 8, 2013
Kenya
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall Attack: Unanswered Questions
The basic narrative of what unfolded at the Westgate Mall still stands. An undetermined number of al-Shabaab operatives entered Nairobi’as upscale Westgate Mall on Saturday, September 21 and killed a…
March 13, 2006
United States
If anyone thinks tomorrow’s q4 current account deficit will be “$200 billion”
They have not been paying very close attention. Yes, the deficit was close to $200b in the past three quarters. That seems to be shaping expectations. The FT reports: "fourth-quarter US current ac…
November 17, 2005
Iraq
Daalder: Withdrawal Timetable From Iraq Not Useful, but Iraqis Must Be Told They Have to ‘Step Up’ Politically and Militarily in 2006
Ivo H. Daalder, a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, says the recent compromise approved in the Senate on Iraq is a "message" to President Bush that says, in effect…
October 29, 2019
Oil and Petroleum Products
How Iran Can Hold the World Oil Market Hostage
Iran poses an acute threat to oil infrastructure across the Middle East, potentially allowing it to extort concessions from world powers.
