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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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August 23, 2007
Financial Markets
If the US Treasury doesn’t think the dollar is overvalued, can it also think that RMB is undervalued?
Christopher Swann of Bloomberg noticed the line in the IMF’s most recent Article IV report indicating that senior US officials objected the IMF’s conclusion – based on their model for equilibrium rea…
August 10, 2005
United States
Bob is a good name …
I am a big fan of Robert (Bob) Rubin, so if I cannot be Brad, Bob is not a bad second choice. The US has racked up a deficit of around $2,247bn (€1,821bn, £1,260bn) since 2001 without suffering …
July 25, 2014
Diplomacy and International Institutions
TWE Remembers: Serbia Responds to Austria’s Ultimatum
Diplomacy is often a contest to gain the upper hand in the court of world opinion. The country that can depict itself as victim of aggression even when the facts are more complex may rally greater su…
July 23, 2014
Wars and Conflict
TWE Remembers: Austria-Hungary Issues an Ultimatum to Serbia
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. That adage applies to governments as well as to people. A case in point is the ultimatum that Austria gave Serbia on July 23, 1914. Austrian offic…
April 16, 2010
China
Even If China Comes Around on Iran Sanctions ...
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl Today’s Washington Post quotes Brazil’s foreign minister, Celso Amorim, to the effect that China and India share his country’s skepticism about new sa…
