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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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May 20, 2007
China
What, if anything, has China decided to do differently?
China widened the band around the RMB and raised (slightly) interest rates, with the rate on deposits going up more than the rate on lending. It hardly seemed like a major policy shift to me – bu…
April 7, 2014
Cybersecurity
What Briefing Chinese Officials on Cyber Really Accomplishes
David Sanger wrote an interesting article in the New York Times about Washington’s efforts to prevent escalating cyberattacks with Beijing. According to Sanger, U.S. officials have tried to allay the…
April 8, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Tracking the Traffickers: Poaching Is a Symptom of a Deeper Disease
This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. Robert Hormats, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and …
April 15, 2010
China
Cyberwar? There’s an App for that
Photo Courtesy of REUTERS/Robert Galbraith During the almost two-hour confirmation hearing for Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander to be Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of…
January 11, 2011
China
The Right Way to Fight a Trade War
Keith Bradsher reports in yesterday’s New York Times that Congress is forcing the Defense Department to forego purchases of Chinese solar panels. My initial instinct was to scream “Protectionism!” – …