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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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July 10, 2009
China
Chinese Handcuffs? No, Chinese trade deficit
This is Mark Dow. Brad is away. China has become the obsession that Japan was back in the 80s. And rightly so. It is a huge place, with a robust secular growth force underlying it (remember the cond…
June 3, 2024
U.S. Foreign Policy
It Is Time to Renew America’s Purpose in the Middle East, Writes Steven A. Cook in New Book
As the Israel-Hamas war continues and U.S. policymakers seek to contain the conflict and deter Iran, Steven A. Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) writes in a timely and important new book…
May 22, 2024
Wars and Conflict
Climate Vulnerability and Conflict: A Conversation With John Podesta and David Miliband
In a conversation with David Miliband, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta discusses the relationship between climate vulnerability and conflict zones. In th…
March 22, 2024
United States
Election 2024: Are Americans Turning Isolationist?
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Much like talk of Mark Twain’s death, claims that Americans are turning their back on the world are…
January 31, 2024
North Korea
Satellites, Summits, and Succession in North Korea
In 2023, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un marked three significant achievements: a successful satellite launch, strengthened ties with Russia, and the public emergence of his daughter as his likely su…
May 9, 2024
Ukraine
How Much U.S. Aid Is Going to Ukraine?
Nine charts illustrate the extraordinary level of support the United States has provided Ukraine in its war against Russian invaders.
April 3, 2024
Middle East and North Africa
The President’s Inbox Recap: The War in Gaza
Sunday marks the six-month anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel.
August 3, 2009
Turning on a Paradigm
This post is by Mark Dow Very few things rouse the rabble as much as an ideological debate. And over the past year it has been looking like we are having the beginnings of a nasty one in economics …