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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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September 30, 2019
Hong Kong
Hong Kong in the Balance
After months of large-scale protests in Hong Kong, the city’s future as a bridge between mainland China and the outside world is in serious jeopardy. Fortunately, all sides share an interest in pursu…
June 19, 2019
Hong Kong
What Does the Pause of Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill Mean?
The bill’s future remains uncertain, but no amendments can change the ugly reality of shipping anyone off to Beijing’s incommunicado torture chambers, its denial of competent legal defenders, and its…
February 9, 2024
Global
Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker
Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…
October 30, 2023
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Has Become a Hotbed of Transnational Repression
Whatever taboo existed against extraterritorial renditions and executions in other places around the world never really existed in mainland Southeast Asia.
December 15, 2020
China
How 2020 Shaped U.S.-China Relations
This year, tensions between Washington and Beijing flared over many issues. As the Biden administration prepares to take over, what lies ahead for one of the world’s most important bilateral relation…
August 14, 2023
Southeast Asia
The State of Democracy in Southeast Asia Is Bad and Getting Worse
By 2020, with the state of democracy already in dire shape, it seemed that things couldn’t get worse. And yet, in the past few years, they have.
