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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 16, 2012
Global
Why Nations Fail
In his new book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, Daron Acemoglu looks at why some nations prosper and why some fail. He concludes that it depends on whether institutio…
November 14, 2023
China
Foreign Affairs November/December Issue Launch: Who Killed the Chinese Economy?
Foreign Affairs Executive Editor Justin Vogt and authors Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Michael Pettis, and Adam S. Posen launch the November/December 2023 issue of Foreign Affairs and discuss the Chinese economy…
December 11, 2015
Americas
This Week in Markets and Democracy: International Anticorruption Day, Corruption in Ukraine, and Elections in Venezuela
International Anticorruption Day December 9 marked the United Nations’ thirteenth annual International Anticorruption Day, offering a chance to reflect on global anticorruption efforts this year—fro…
May 16, 2013
International Organizations
Doing Business at the World Bank
A showdown is looming at the World Bank over whether to discontinue or water down the Bank’s annual "Doing Business" Report. As reported here, and blogged about here, and here, China is leading the …
December 16, 2013
Vietnam
Fredrik Logevall Wins CFR’s 2013 Arthur Ross Book Award for "Embers of War"
Fredrik Logevall Wins CFR’s 2013 Arthur Ross Book Award for Embers of War