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November 10, 2014

Monetary Policy
Paul Krugman Calls for "Weak-Dollar Policy"...Towards Mars?

Paul Krugman routinely mocks Germany for wanting “everyone to run enormous trade surpluses at the same time.” As Martin Wolf has put it, this is impossible, as “the world cannot trade with Mars.” …

Paul Krugman Calls for "Weak-Dollar Policy"...Towards Mars?
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

February 8, 2024

Pakistan
Pakistan’s Election: Not Free or Fair Beforehand, Chaotic On Election Day

Election day in Pakistan was marred by internet blackouts and suspended mobile phone service.

The former prime minister of Pakistan gestures with his hand while he stands with a group of people wearing a checkered blazer and white scarf.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

August 2, 2012

Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Congress’s Recess, Syrian Violence, Hiroshima Anniversary, and NASA’s Mars Mission

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed where things stand in Washington as Congress recesses for the summer; the continued violence in Syria; the 67th anniversary of the Hiros…

Darkness sets in over the U.S. Capitol building. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 30, 2012

The World Next Week: Pena Nieto Assumes Office, Climate Change Conference Continues in Qatar, and NASA Announces Mars Findings

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the presidential inauguration in Mexico; the UN Climate Change Conference in Qatar; and the highly anticipated announcement from NASA re…

Mexico's president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto talks to the media in Lima, Peru, in September (Mariana Bazo/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

April 3, 2023

Kenya
Kenyans Unmet Expectations

Mounting frustration drives protests in Kenya.

Two protesters in Kenya wash their face from teargas after clashing with riot police in Nairobi, Kenya.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa in Transition