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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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September 17, 2009
United States
National Missile Defense: A Status Report
The United States has pursued missile defense technologies for six decades, with mixed results. Changes under the Obama administration, including adjustments to planned defenses in Europe, could port…
December 11, 2023
Energy and Environment
CEO Speaker Series With Mike Wirth of Chevron
Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth discusses the current state of energy, including the role of fossil fuels and the energy transition to renewable and low-carbon sources, and how geopolitical crise…
March 17, 2009
United States
Missile Defense Technology
U.S. missile defense in the twenty-first century is focused on emerging threats from North Korea and Iran, but critics say these systems are too costly and largely unproven.
July 23, 2012
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Despite concerns over Iran’s nuclear program, the Obama administration has assessed that Tehran is years from a developing a long-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon. But past Irania…
April 23, 2020
Rwanda
Why Rwanda Needs to Prepare Now for Kagame’s Promised Departure in 2024
This April marks the twenty-six-year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide and twenty years since Paul Kagame took the reins as president. For much of that time, Kagame imposed limits on the political process, democratic debate, and opposition figures. He justified these limits by saying that the country was too fragile, the wounds too fresh, and the competitive aspects of democracy too divisive for a country emerging out of a genocide. But when does that grace period end?
September 9, 2011
United States
Education Reform and U.S. Competitiveness
How should the United States reform its K-12 education system to retain global competitiveness? Four experts say reforms revolve around teachers.