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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 19, 2010
Defense and Security
U.S. Drone Activities in Pakistan
The reliance on unmanned drones to target terror suspects in Pakistan has been quietly lauded by U.S. officials. But the covert program, which has so far gotten little public scrutiny, is facing moun…
December 11, 2006
International Organizations
Hyde Cites Unfinished Business on UN Reform, Public Diplomacy
The retiring chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), says Washington needs to be tough on reforming the United Nations. He also urges the new Democratic major…
April 2, 2009
Monetary Policy
Summitry, change and the global financial architecture
About three months ago, the editors of Finance and Development (an IMF publication) asked me to reflect on the lessons the effort to reform the international financial architecture in the 1990s holds…
November 17, 2006
Sanctions
UN Sanctions: A Mixed Record
Despite a spotty record of effectiveness, Western states continue to promote UN sanctions in cases ranging from North Korea to Iran. But the UN Security Council is more divided than ever about implem…
December 7, 2007
Monetary Policy
Are central banks diversifying away from the dollar?
Opinion -- informed opinion -- is divided.The currency team at the Bank of New York says yes. Simon Derrick wrote on Monday:"our own view [is] that one of the driving forces behind the EUR’s sustain…
