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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 21, 2006
Emerging Markets
Frederick Kempe of the Wall Street Journal gets an awful lot of things wrong
As, I suspect, does Joseph Quinlan of the Bank of America- the source of much of Kempe's analysis. Kempe's core argument: consumers in emerging markets are driving global demand. His eviden…
March 8, 2024
Elections and Voting
The Outlook for Women’s Political Leadership in 2024
As a record number of countries hold elections in 2024, panelists reflect on the substantive policy achievements of women political leaders, needed measures to achieve increased women’s leadership, a…
September 21, 2023
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Russell C. Leffingwell Lecture With Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discusses Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the importance of NATO and the transatlantic bond to peace and stability. Inaugurated in 1969, the Russell…
January 18, 2024
Aging, Youth Bulges, and Population
Responding to Demographic Trends
Jess Maurer, executive director of the Maine Council of Aging, discusses demographic trends in Maine and the work of her organization. Jennifer Sciubba, global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Internatio…
September 20, 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa’s ‘Leaders for Life’
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state. Pro-democracy advocates have at times successfully stopped presidents from extending their mandates, but the authorita…
August 23, 2006
United States
Joschka Fischer, Former German Foreign Minister, to be Distinguished Visiting Diplomat at the Council
Joschka Fischer, former minister of foreign affairs and vice chancellor of Germany, will join the Council in the position of distinguished visiting diplomat on September 5. Fischer will write and spe…
June 2, 2010
Iran
Deterrence Misapplied
Overview Given the nature and structure of its government, is it possible to contain an Iran with nuclear weapons? In this discussion paper, sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Fred…
