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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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June 27, 2023
Myanmar
Myanmar’s Junta Is Losing the Civil War
Though the military is terrorizing populations by burning villages and launching air attacks, it is not gaining any actual ground, while continuing to hemorrhage troops.
October 21, 2020
Emerging Economies
Transsion: a Chinese Prodigy in Africa?
The Chinese company has dominated mobile phone markets in Africa, though not without courting controversy.
December 1, 2022
China
Jiang Zemin Put China’s Economic Opening Into Practice
Many Chinese people who grew up in the 1990s will not only remember Jiang Zemin for overseeing China’s entry into the World Trade Organization but also for introducing them to the film Titanic.
September 17, 2021
Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: UN Withdraws 450 Peacekeepers from the Central African Republic
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers September 11 to September 17.
June 16, 2021
Economics
Prospects for a Global Minimum Tax Rate
Panelists discuss the prospects of a global minimum tax rate, including how it might be structured, when it might come into effect, and how companies, governments, and consumers will be affected. …
