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What Would Greenland’s Independence Mean for the Arctic?Climate change is fueling geopolitical competition in the Arctic. An independent Greenland could play an important role in years to come.
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Latin America This Week: August 9, 2023Hot winters in the Andes and Southern Cone threaten Latin America’s advantages; Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico aim to ride U.S. semiconductor industrial policy coattails; Colombia’s new ceasefire agreement remains fragile.
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Global Food Insecurity, With Caitlin WelshCaitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food and Water Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Kremlin’s decision to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative threaten global food security.
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Global Energy TrackerAs the effects of climate change mount, high-carbon energy sources continue to provide most of the world’s power. On average, 84 percent of tracker countries’ energy comes from high-carbon sources such as oil, whereas 16 percent comes from solar and other renewables. Low-carbon sources, however, are on the rise, particularly in developed countries.
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Women This Week: Climate Change Perpetuates Inequality for WomenWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers July 29 to August 4.
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Navalny’s Verdict, Amazon Cooperation Summit, Israel’s Political Crisis, and MoreA Russian court will deliver the final verdict for opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s trial on “extremism” charges; eight South American heads of state meet in Belém, Brazil to try to strengthen a common policy for Amazon Rainforest protection; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s push for judiciary reform intensifies; and protesters in Niger direct their anger towards France.
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Will South Africa’s Power Crisis Sink Its Green Ambitions?A devastating power crisis is plaguing South Africa, battering its economy and threatening to sink its climate goals amid the global race to renewables.
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Russia Killed the Black Sea Grain Deal. These Countries Could Suffer Most.Moscow’s exit from the deal generated alarm in a number of populous lower-income countries dependent on Ukrainian grain.
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The President’s Inbox Recap: What Climate Change Means for the Bay of BengalRising sea levels and hotter temperatures threaten the Bay of Bengal.
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What Climate Change Means for the Bay of Bengal, With Sarang ShidoreIn this special series of The President’s Inbox on climate change, Sarang Shidore, the director of studies and senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the impact of climate change in the Bay of Bengal region. This series is made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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A New U.S. Foreign Policy for Global Health
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The United States should treat pandemics and global warming as apex health threats to its national interests, argues David P. Fidler. -
Adapting to Wildfires in a Warming WorldRecent wildfires in Canada and California offer a preview of a world made far more dangerous by climate change, one in which smoke and fire exact an ever-increasing toll on public health and the economy.
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Canada’s Wildfires, OPEC Oil Report, NATO’s Largest Air Drill, and MoreCanada’s unprecedented wildfire season overwhelms Canadian firefighters, and many in the eastern United States deal with dangerous levels of smoke; the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries releases its monthly oil report as Saudi Arabia seeks to boost prices; Germany hosts NATO’s largest air defense exercise as a signal to Russia; and Ukraine rushes to respond to the humanitarian and security crises caused by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam.
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Women This Week: Saudi Arabia’s Imprisonment of Feminist ActivistsWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers May 26 to June 2.
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Latin America This Week: May 30, 2023Debt-for-nature swaps gain traction in Latin America; To fix U.S. migration woes, the government needs to go big; Venezuelan organized crime now stretches across the continent.
