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May 19, 2005
Monetary Policy
Korea can not make up its mind either: are they for currency intervention or against it?
First, South Korea opts out of the Bretton Woods 2 system of reserve financing. That would be the first really big outright public defection. Korea has lots of reserves -- and its central bank clea…
January 15, 2017
Israel
The Paris Peace Conference
Once upon a time, the term “Paris Peace Conference” was a serious one, and referred to the historic Versailles Conference that ended World War I. That conference began on January 18, 1919, and i…
August 15, 2014
Russia
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of August 15, 2014
Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Pope Francis draws thousands on his first trip to Asia. Pope Fra…
January 22, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
New Frontier in Nigeria’s War on Corruption
Confronting Nigeria’s culture of corruption was a primary campaign theme of Muhammadu Buhari’s successful campaign for the presidency. Since taking office, he has fired numerous high officials widely…
August 24, 2015
South Korea
Inter-Korean Exchange of Fire Yields to Marathon Talks at the DMZ
The South Korean injuries incurred on August 4 from land mines allegedly planted by North Korean soldiers at a South Korean guard post adjacent to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) has set off an inter-Ko…
