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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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August 31, 2009
Elections and Voting
The Rise of Political Opposition in Japan
Opposition victory in Japan’s 2009 parliamentary election served as a watershed moment in the country’s electoral politics. Analysts say political change in Tokyo could result in a possible shift in …
August 19, 2019
Military Operations
Sea Power: The U.S. Navy and Foreign Policy
The U.S. Navy’s dominance of the world’s oceans has made it an indispensable foreign policy tool as well as a guarantor of global trade, but a mix of challenges is raising difficult questions about i…
October 22, 2018
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
The Uncertain Future of the INF Treaty
Backgrounder examines the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which may now be imperiled by mutual suspicion between Russia and the United States.
November 1, 2005
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Northern Ireland Loyalist Paramilitaries (U.K., extremists)
This publication is now archived. Who are Northern Ireland’s “loyalists”?Loyalists want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom , and many are willing to support the use of violence to …
March 16, 2006
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Terrorist Groups and Political Legitimacy
Terrorist groups can never change their stripes, or so politicians regularly remind their citizens. Yet history begs to differ.