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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.
January 6, 2014
Monetary PolicySteven A. Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics Robert Kahn discusses five economic themes to be aware of in 2014.
March 7, 2013
ReligionThe election of pope to lead the world’s one billion Catholics stirs debate over the spiritual authority of the pontiff and the church’s role in the world.
September 10, 2009
United StatesNew York City has developed a sophisticated local and global counterterrorism program since the 9/11 attacks, writes CFR’s Lydia Khalil. Now the NYPD must determine from where the next terrorism thre…
July 11, 2012
Financial MarketsControversies over too-big-to-fail financial institutions continue to mount. The Basel Accords represent the latest effort to ease risk and restore confidence, as this Backgrounder explains.
June 3, 2008
Middle East and North AfricaYoussef Ibrahim, a risk consultant and the former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, discusses the flood of money lining Persian Gulf coffers.