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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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July 20, 2021
Middle East and North Africa
Generation X’s Short Arc of History
Ben Rhodes’s new book about global politics reveals the limits of the Obama administration’s worldview.
September 13, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
UNHCR, Mali, and an "Arc of Instability"
Syria dominates the news cycle and is probably the principal preoccupation of foreign ministries, just as Libya previously was, and is once again following the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens…
April 18, 2018
Human Rights
The Long Arc of Human Rights: A Case for Optimism
Drawing on decades of research into transnational civil society networks and international institutions, political scientist Kathryn Sikkink counters skeptics from the left and the right who have arg…
October 22, 2006
Monetary Policy
Yet more evidence China has far more reserves than it needs … courtesy of Olivier Jeanne and Romain Ranciere of the IMF
Francophone economist working in the US seem to be on something of a roll. Olivier Blanchard (with Giavazzi and Sa) has developed an interesting model for US current account adjustment. Helene Rey…
October 20, 2020
Bolivia
Understanding Bolivia’s Election
Exit polls indicate socialist candidate Luis Arce will become Bolivia’s next president. The peaceful vote signaled an end to a year of electoral uncertainty, but the victor will now confront social u…