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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 4, 2014
Cybersecurity
Net Politics Book Review: @War
Three days before he was to leave office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address warning of the rise of the military-industry complex. Eisenhower described the "conjunction" of…
January 8, 2009
Monetary Policy
China hasn’t (yet) lost its appetite for US Treasuries ...
Agencies, yes. But not Treasuries. Keith Bradsher of the New York Times, citing Ben Simpfendorfer of RBS, argues that China’s government is likely to reduce its purchases of US debt. “All the …
February 26, 2016
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016 Friday Foreign Policy Roundup: Closing Guantanamo Bay and Walling Off Canada
President Obama announced a plan this week to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The reaction on the campaign trail split along predictable lines. Republican candidates denounced the i…
October 23, 2005
China
China’s crazy numbers
The Big Picture is right. China's growth numbers are not to be trusted. China's growth almost certainly slowed more than the government acknowledged in say 1998 and 1999, after the Asian crisis. …
April 13, 2009
Monetary Policy
China’s reserves are still growing, but at a slower pace than before
If China’s euros, pounds, yen and other non-dollar reserves were managed as a separate portfolio, China’s non-dollar portfolio would be bigger than the total reserves of all countries other than Japa…
