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September 6, 2008

Monetary Policy
Reserve growth has slowed, but it probably hasn’t stopped

For the past several months, almost all global reserve growth has come from China and the oil exporters. These also are countries that tend either not to report their reserves data quickly (China f…

April 3, 2012

United States
Ask the Experts: Will America ’Win’ in Afghanistan?

Last fall, a two-part question circulated throughout the Pentagon: Can the United States win in Afghanistan? Will the United States win in Afghanistan? In this case, “win” meant accomplishing the st…

Afghan soldier

December 1, 2014

Global
Ten Historical Anniversaries of Note in 2015

As 2014 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2015.

Nelson-Mandela-Anniversaryy

March 15, 2007

Financial Markets
Just how big is the yen carry trade?

Stephen Jen of Morgan Stanley insists not-so-big.  Or at least that the large size of the carry trade cannot be proved – and that the impact of any recent unwinding has been overstated.   That is his…

July 16, 2012

Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
Iran, the Bomb, and U.S. Public Opinion

The Obama administration hoped the specter of an oil embargo and increasingly stringent banking sanctions would finally force Iran to come clean on its clandestine nuclear program and end its enrichm…

Ahmadinejad lab tour