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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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February 16, 2005
Haiti
HAITI: Current Upheaval
This publication is now archived. What’s next for Haiti?After weeks of violent upheaval to protest his rule--and mounting international pressure for him to step down--President Jean-Bertrand Aristide…
June 2, 2017
Brazil
Brazil’s Most Underreported Reform Battle
With all of the turbulence in Brazil, observers can be forgiven for ignoring a potentially paradigm-shattering initiative that picked up speed last month: reducing politicians’ court privileges. So…
January 16, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Djotodia Goes But Chaos in the Central African Republic Remains
This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. Michel Djotodia’s long held political aspirations came to an ignominious end l…
November 10, 2010
Politics and Government
Politics at the Water’s Edge
“Politics stops at the water’s edge.” It’s a time honored maxim of American politics, often invoked and seldom obeyed. The latter is hardly surprising. Americans disagree, at times bitterly and …
February 25, 2013
United States
In The Battle of Bretton Woods, Benn Steil Shows How the U.S. Established a New World Order in 1944
The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order tells the story of the intertwining lives and events surrounding that historic conference. In…