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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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March 10, 2024
China
China’s Record Manufacturing Surplus
The U.S. likes talking about the dominance of the dollar. But don’t short-change China’s current dominance of manufacturing trade. Trade imbalances need to be taken seriously again.
May 28, 2024
Palestinian Territories
Who Governs the Palestinians?
Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, a…
March 27, 2024
Palestinian Territories
The UN’s Palestinian Aid Controversy: What’s at Stake
The leading UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees is engulfed in allegations that twelve of its employees were involved in the Hamas attacks on southern Israel. The agency faces severe funding cutba…
May 8, 2024
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Few Options for Gazans as Israel Enters Rafah
An impending Israeli ground invasion of Rafah could threaten more than a million civilians seeking refuge in the city and further restrict humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
March 27, 2006
United States
Good thing Michael Mandel read my 2004 paper, not my 2005 paper -
With the 2004 paper on US external sustainability, there is at least some possibility that Nouriel's and my dire forecasts will prove to be right. The core argument of that paper is that the contin…
September 16, 2009
Climate Change
Media Conference Call: Michael Levi Discusses the Deadlock in Climate Change Negotiations (Audio)
Listen to Michael Levi, CFR's senior fellow for energy and the environment, address the deadlock in climate change negotiations and argue that the world urgently needs a "Plan B" for Copenhagen.
November 2, 2007
Nuclear Energy
Council Scholar Michael Levi Dissects Nuclear Plots and Proposes New Defensive Strategies in New Book
With the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, Michael A. Levi’s new book, On Nuclear Terrorism, reminds us that we need to broadly rethink our strategy when faced with nuclear terrorism. He ta…