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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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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…
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…
October 2, 2017
Digital Policy
Cyber Sovereignty and Online Borders Do Not Improve International Security
States erect physical borders to improve their security. That logic does not always translate well to cyberspace.
June 27, 2014
Austria
TWE Remembers: The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A loving couple. An heir to the throne. A wife shunned by her husband’s family. Two countries bitterly at odds. A shadowy secret organization. Security officials indifferent to their responsibilities…
