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August 24, 2005

Financial Markets
Is Alan Greenspan encouraging moral hazard in … China?

Listen to one Chinese fund manager in this morning's Wall Street Journal:  "Mr. Zhu (who helps manage US dollar investments for the Bank of China) expresses confidence in the US dollar and the health…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 8, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Joe Biden Makes the Case for Ukraine Aid

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: President Joe Biden used his State of the Union Address to urge Congress to provide military aid to…

Biden SOTU
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 22, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Are Americans Turning Isolationist?

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Much like talk of Mark Twain’s death, claims that Americans are turning their back on the world are…

The sun as viewed disappearing beneath the horizon.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 12, 2018

World Trade Organization (WTO)
The Promising Future of the WTO: A Response from the Deputy Director-General

Why the WTO Can Survive the Trump Steel Tariffs

Blog Post by Alan Wm. Wolff Renewing America

March 9, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: KONY 2012, Beyond the Buzz

This is a guest post by Melissa Bukuru, CFR Africa program intern. After 50 million views and a media buzz that shows no sign of dying down quickly, backlash to Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 video …

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

September 21, 2006

Financial Markets
Unintentional irony watch (hedge fund edition)

Risk management standards do seem to be slipping.   Davis, Sender and Zuckerman in the Wall Street Journal: “The risk models employed by hedge funds use historic data, but the natural gas markets hav…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money