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August 11, 2019

Elections and Voting
Beto O’Rourke

CFR invited the presidential candidates challenging President Trump in the 2020 election to articulate their positions on twelve critical foreign policy issues. Candidates’ answers are posted exactly…

Beto O’Rourke

December 9, 2005

International Organizations
The WTO’s Troubled ‘Doha Negotiations’

This publication is now archived. What are the Doha negotiations?At the November 2001 Ministerial Conference in Doha, capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ag…

May 23, 2018

Americas
Latin America Needs More Home-Grown Supply Chains

The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) — an organization that once aspired to become South America’s answer to the European Union — quietly faded away last month. Deep divisions over Venezuela’…

Workers assemble riding toys of Brazilian toymaker Estrela at a factory in Hernandarias, Paraguay February 7, 2017.

September 19, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
More on Noncommunicable Diseases

A nine-year-old girl has her blood pressure checked at a hospital in Hong Kong. (Bobby Yip/courtesy Reuters) Last week I noted that the UN is holding its first ever High Level Meeting on Noncommunic…

A nine-year-old girl has her blood pressure checked as she takes part in a research project on childhood obesity at a hospital in Hong Kong. Obesity, a disease linked with increased risks of asthma, heart diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers, has become one of the biggest health threats facing many industrialised countries. Around 13 percent of Hong Kong children are classified as obese and doctors say it has been on the up since the early 1990s.

March 19, 2009

Monetary Policy
Did SAFE really buy that many US (and global) equities?

Jamil Anderlini’s Monday FT story -- which obviously drew heavily on my work -- attracted a fair amount of attention. Particularly in China. Americans are more focused on AIG’s losses than Chi…

Did SAFE really buy that many US (and global) equities?