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February 28, 2008
| Author: | David G. Victor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Op-Ed
Newsweek
In this article for Newsweek, David Victor says that the deeper cause of China's recent power crisis lies in the fact that China's free-market policies—the same ones that led to China's extraordinary growth in the past decade—have eroded the government's ability to control its economy. In fact, the big challenge in the coming Asian century may not be China and India's burgeoning strength but their weakness.
See more in China, India, Energy, Energy Security
February 7, 2008
| Author: | Elizabeth Rosenthal |
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Must Read
The International Herald Tribune reports that almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the pollution caused by producing these "green" fuels is taken into account.
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November 27, 2007
Essential Documents
Report
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October 23, 2007
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Daily Analysis
India faces dwindling supplies of potable water, threatening the health of millions of people.
See more in India, Energy/Environment
October 14, 2007
| Author: | Joseph Kahn |
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Must Read
This powerful multimedia on pollution in Lake Tai, accompanying a compelling article written by Joseph Kahn, is a part of the New York Times special series examining China's environmental issues.
See more in China, Energy/Environment
October 12, 2007
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Daily Analysis
Cholera in Iraq continues to spread, and experts can’t seem to get a handle on the unsanitary water responsible for making so many people sick.
See more in Iraq, Energy/Environment, Health, Science, and Technology, Global Health
October 7, 2007
| Authors: | Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health Jane C.S. Long |
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Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
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Updated: September 24, 2007
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Daily Analysis
Hailed for saving the ozone layer, the 1987 Montreal Protocol is attracting fresh attention as a weapon against climate change.
See more in United States, Climate Change
August 15, 2007
| Author: | Michael J. Gerson, Roger Hertog Senior Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Washington Post
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change, Congress
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Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
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In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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