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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 28, 2011
Infrastructure
Central Banking in an Age of Improvisation
Experts discuss policy steps taken by central banks in the United States, Brazil, and Europe, and analyze the challenges ahead. This meeting is part of the McKinsey Executive Roundtable series in …
January 5, 2015
Mexico
Elections to Watch in 2015
The region will hold just two presidential elections this year, choosing new leaders in Guatemala and Argentina. More prevalent will be congressional and local elections. Midterms in Mexico, Venezuel…
October 23, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Slavery: As Modern as It Is Ancient
This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. The Australia based, Walk Free Foundation on Oct 17 published their first annu…
January 9, 2015
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Weekend Reading: Fighting Assad And ISIS, The Islamic State Before The Islamic State, and Libya’s Draft Constitution
Ruslan Trad interviews Abu Ibrahim al-Raqqawi, a Raqqa-based Syrian activist fighting both the Assad regime and ISIS. Kevin Jackson investigates a jihadist caliphate that existed prior to ISIS. Rea…
December 4, 2019
Noncommunicable Diseases
Autocracy Is Hazardous for Your Health
Democracy does not die in the darkness so often anymore. It dies in the light, one election at a time, with voters embracing the populists and autocrats who promise to cut the red tape and deliver th…
