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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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May 27, 2014
India
Hello, Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India
India did not produce Horatio Alger, but it certainly has produced a Horatio-Alger story: Narendra Modi. Yesterday the son of a poor tea seller took the oath of office as India’s fourteenth (or fifte…
February 10, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Xi Jinping Visits President Obama at the White House
Above the Fold. The hot topic in Washington this weekend—assuming that the rumor of Kim Jong Un’s assassination is just that—is the upcoming Valentine’s Day meeting between President Obama and Xi Jin…
June 21, 2013
Political Transitions
You Might Have Missed: Syrian Intervention, Drone Transparency, and Surveillance Programs
“Nuclear Nonproliferation: IAEA Has Made Progress in Implementing Critical Programs but Continues to Face Challenges,” U.S. Government Accountability Office, May 16, 2013. As of December 2011, IAEA …
October 2, 2011
China
Can India and America Up Their Investment Game?
Commuters on a suburban train during the morning rush hour in Mumbai.Danish Siddiqui/Courtesy Reuters. My latest column is out in India’s financial daily, the Business Standard. I used this …
August 13, 2011
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012: Hello Rick Perry, GOP Presidential Candidate
Texas Governor Rick Perry delivers remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on February 11, 2011. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) For seventeen of the past forty-eigh…
