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Introduction
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…
Politics and Government
State and Local Governments (U.S.)
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Vigilance: My Life Serving America and Protecting Its Empire CityRay Kelly discusses his life fighting crime as New York's former police commissioner.
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Crisis in Global GovernanceExperts discuss the state of global governance during the first Council of Councils (CoC) public event, "Crisis in Global Governance: Reform or Reset?" live from the CoC Seventh Regional Conference in New Delhi, India, on January 13, 2015.
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Infrastructure Finance in America—How We Get SmarterThe United States has an infrastructure investment problem. A generation of roads, bridges, airports, and water and sewer pipes built half a century ago is nearing the end of its useful life. Yet tra…
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Charter Cities: New Options for the Bottom BillionEconomist Paul Romer describes the concept for charter cities as “special reform zones that allow governments to quickly adopt innovative new systems of rules,” in order to “create opportunities for millions of people to...lead safer, healthier, and more prosperous lives.” Join Romer as he describes both the historical origins of this approach and promising new applications.
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Charter Cities: New Options for the Bottom BillionEconomist Paul Romer describes the concept of charter cities as "special reform zones that allow governments to quickly adopt innovative new systems of rules," in order to "create opportunities for millions of people to...lead safer, healthier, and more prosperous lives."
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The Expanding Role of State and Local Governments in U.S. Foreign AffairsRead an excerpt of The Expanding Role of State and Local Governments in U.S. Foreign Affairs. Throughout much of the world, two seemingly paradoxical trends are occurring simultaneously. Countries…
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The City and the World
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At first glance, a study on cities and foreign policy may seem a bold leap into the future of international relations, but it represents, rather, a giant step into the present—into what is already ta…
