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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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August 13, 2013
Egypt
The Politics of Energy: What Morsi’s Fall Means for Jordan
This post is written by Sarah Craig, a Council on Foreign Relations research intern from Princeton University. Jordan’s king Abdullah was the first foreign head of state to visit Egypt after the mi…
February 1, 2024
Middle East Program
Virtual Media Briefing: the Drone Strike on a U.S. Base in Jordan
Following the drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan, panelists discuss the possibility of a U.S. military response as well as the implications of conflict spreading in the region. BRANNEN: Thanks…
May 10, 2013
Immigration and Migration
Managing Illegal Immigration to the United States
Overview The authors examine U.S. efforts to prevent illegal immigration to the United States. Although the United States has witnessed a sharp drop in illegal border crossings in the past decade …
April 4, 2012
Jordan
Guest Post: Jordan’s Reform Calculations
This post is written by Kelley Calkins, a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. Here she offers her assessment of the Jordanian leadership’s calculations concerning domestic reform …
February 2, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
Remembering the Hama Massacre
Today marks thirty years since the start of President Hafez al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on the city of Hama in Syria. I asked Ella Lipin, a Fulbright grantee last year in Cairo who lived and worked i…
January 22, 2024
Economics
An SDR-Linked Bond Can Strengthen the Finances of the World Bank Group
SDR-denominated bonds have the potential to significantly strengthen the balance sheet of both the IBRD (The World Bank) and IDA, freeing up cash and helping both institutions deliver on their mandat…
