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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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June 3, 2011
Climate Change
From the Forest to Brasilia: Brazil’s Fight over the Amazon
Strips of deforested land in the Brazilian Amazon (Rickey Rogers / Courtesy Reuters). I attended a small conference a year and a half ago in Rio de Janeiro during which one of the panels focused on …
July 26, 2012
United States
National Security Leaks and the White House
Every administration suffers from leaks of classified information. Given the size of the government and the large number of people who have access to information that is not only highly classified bu…
October 11, 2019
United States
Happy 244th Birthday to the U.S. Navy!
The U.S. Navy turns 244 years-old this weekend. On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress commissioned two ships, each with eighty sailors, “for intercepting such transports as may be laden with …
May 11, 2023
Syria
Syria Is Normalizing Relations With Arab Countries. Who Will Benefit?
The Assad regime and Arab capitals will reap the greatest rewards, but ordinary citizens and certain foreign governments involved in Syria’s war have less to gain.
December 3, 2014
Cybersecurity
China and the Power Grid: Hacking and Getting Hacked
Two weeks ago, Admiral Mike Rogers, head of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency, told a congressional panel that China and "one or two" other countries would be capabl…
