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September 28, 2006

Financial Markets
Exit Schumer-Graham; Enter Schumer-Graham-Baucus-Grassley ….

And exit an undervalued yuan; enter an undervalued yuan and a undervalued yen. Schumer and Graham are dropping their bill – apparently for good.   It was pretty clear that they were unwilling to …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

January 25, 2024

China
Fickle Friends: Sino-Israeli Ties Buckle Amid War With Hamas

China’s response to the war in Gaza has jeopardized its once fruitful relationship with Israel, a risk China is willing to take as it exploits the war to bolster its own standing and undermine the Un…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands ahead of their talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China March 21, 2017.
Blog Post by Simone Lipkind Asia Unbound

April 8, 2024

LGBTQ+
How (Not) to Talk About Sex in Africa

It is time the LGBTQ+ coalition changed its strategy on the continent.

Somone holds up a pride fan with rainbow colors.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

March 29, 2006

China
Exit Schumer and Graham, Enter Grassley and Baucus

Schumer-Graham won't be brought to a vote until September.   China's central bank governor Zhou must  be persuasive.  Maybe he plotted out where the RMB will likely be if China continues with its cur…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

June 2, 2015

Defense and Security
Campaign 2016: Senator Lindsey Graham, GOP Presidential Candidate

Can you win the presidency by running on foreign policy? Lindsey Graham is seeking to find out. The South Carolina senator announced yesterday that he is running for the GOP presidential nomination. …

Graham-Foreign-Policy
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 21, 2011

Regional Organizations
Guest Post: AU Failure in Libya? Maybe Not

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) talk during the African Union (AU) Summit in Uganda's capital Kampala July 27, 2010. (Benedicte Desrus/Courtesy Reuters) One …

Guest Post: AU Failure in Libya? Maybe Not
Blog Post by Isabella Bennett The Internationalist