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Nigeria's Enduring "Gold Wars"

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Climate Change

To Address Climate Change While Protecting Workers, the United States Needs a Border-Adjusted Carbon Tax
The only way to take effective and far-reaching action to combat climate change while also preserving American competitive advantage is the imposition of a carbon tax with border adjustments.

Blog Post by Jennifer Hillman November 13, 2020 The Internationalist

China

Toxic Politics
CFR Senior Fellow Yanzhong Huang discusses how China’s environmental crisis is undermining public health and becoming an Achilles heel in its reemergence as a global power.

Book by Yanzhong Huang October 15, 2020

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Syria

Kurdish Women and the Fight Against ISIS, With Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, adjunct senior fellow in CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy program, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Kurdish women fighting ISIS and her experience on the ground in northeast Syria. Lemmon’s most recent book on women in Syria, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice, hits bookstore shelves today.

Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon February 16, 2021 The President's Inbox

Asia

Why a Cross-Strait Crisis Will Be Averted in 2021

Blog Post by David Sacks February 18, 2021 Asia Unbound

United States

Can the State Department Bring More Diversity to the U.S. Diplomatic Corps?
President Biden has vowed to diversify the top ranks of government agencies. The small and shrinking number of senior Black diplomats, in particular, could undermine U.S. foreign policy goals.

In Brief by Robert McMahon February 18, 2021