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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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December 6, 2004
Financial Markets
Surprise, Surprise: the Treasury waited til December to clear China of currency manipulation
It looks like John Snow did Andy Card one last favor before stepping aside: late on Friday, the Treasury quietly issued the annual foreign currency report. To no one’s surprise, the report declared …
December 22, 2011
You Might Have Missed: Counterinsurgency Tactics, Drone Casualties, and the Decline of War
U.S. Army soldiers sit behind a wall after an IED blast in Logar province on November 23, 2011 (Umit Bektas/Courtesy Reuters). - William Booth, “More Predator drones fly U.S.-Mexico border,” Washing…
February 1, 2006
United States
A debt-for-goods swap, not a debt-for-equity swap; and dark antimatter, not dark matter
Stephen Jen argues that the US-Asian relationship can be understood as a debt for equity swap. Asian - led by China - buys US debt; the US buys Asian equities/ invests in Asian plant and equipment…
December 14, 2016
Religion
Confronting the Syrian Refugee Crisis: Putting Faith in Humanitarian Aid
Experts discuss the role faith-based organizations have taken during the refugee crisis and the challenges of aiding and resettling refugees in the United States and abroad.
January 17, 2014
Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: NSA Reforms, CIA Drone Strikes, and Benghazi
“Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-28: Signals Intelligence Activities,” White House, January 17, 2014. When the United States collects nonpublicly available signals intelligence in bulk, it shall u…
