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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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November 29, 2012
Japan
Gerald L. Curtis: The Declinist Debate is a Diversion
This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. Is Japan in dec…
December 14, 2012
Japan
Japan’s Revolving-Door Elections
Reviving Japan’s economy from its two-decade-long slump is key to stabilizing the country’s political environment, says expert Gerald Curtis.
January 25, 2024
Somalia
Somaliland: The Horn of Africa’s Breakaway State
The would-be independent state strikes a contrast with Somalia as a place of relative stability, and despite its lack of international recognition, Somaliland continues to push its own foreign policy…
September 18, 2023
United States
Happy 76th Birthday to the U.S. Air Force!
The United States Air Force marks seventy-six years of service.
March 9, 2010
Somalia
Disengaging From Somalia
Instead of fighting jihad in Somalia by supporting the weak transitional government, the United States would have more success focusing on humanitarian aid and development, says democracy and governa…
April 14, 2009
Somalia
The United States Should Avoid ’Grand Schemes’ in Somalia
CFR’s Bronwyn Bruton says the United States will not be able to end piracy in Somalia by using force and should take a modest approach that avoids grand schemes to reconstruct the government.