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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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October 21, 2008
Iraq
The Trouble with the U.S.-Iraq Pact; Saudis Broker Taliban-Karzai Talks
F. Gregory Gause III, a leading expert on Iraq and Saudi Arabia, says a lack of leadership among Iraq’s Shiite politicians is holding up approval of a U.S.-Iraqi security pact. He also talks about ne…
April 11, 2012
Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: Secretary of State Dean Acheson
Many secretaries of state have written memoirs. George Shultz penned Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State. James Baker wrote The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989–…
May 10, 2012
Global Governance
Turkey at the Crossroads (Literally)
When it comes to “rising powers,” the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and especially China—tend to get the most press. But there’s another emerging player that promises to shape world politics …
December 10, 2008
Vietnam
Vietnam’s Economic Hiccups
Vietnam’s stock market has plunged and its economic growth has dwindled since 2006, when it was seen as a model for emerging country growth. The country’s experience highlights the problems confronti…
January 21, 2009
United States
Judging Guantanamo: The Court, Congress, and the White House
The Bush administration’s approach to the detention and prosecution of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the battle continues.