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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 20, 2005
United States
Setser and Roubini respond to Levey and Brown: deficits do matter
The current issue of Foreign Affairs contains the rebuttal that Nouriel and I wrote to the David Levey and Stuart Brown’s "Current account deficits do not matter" article that appeared in the March/…
November 3, 2016
Iran
Kerry Drums Up Business for Iran While Treasury Warns Against It
On October 31, Secretary of State Kerry continued his remarkable campaign to drum up business for Iran. Speaking at Chatham House in London, here is part of what he said: Iran deserves the cre…
October 27, 2010
Turkey
Turkey Being Turkey
I am back from Turkey. Great trip except for the exceedingly large man sitting next to me on the flight from Istanbul to London. That was uncomfortable. Last June, I wrote about the divergence…
November 23, 2008
Economics
A new economic team
As Calculated Risk notes, before moving to New York I worked for Mr. Geithner at both the Treasury and the IMF. Mr. Geithner was, by the end of the 1990s, in charge of Treasury’s International Aff…
October 16, 2013
United States
Egypt: Reductio Ad Absurdum
Outsiders tend to underestimate the deep psychological impact that the last almost three years have had on Egyptians. Not long after the exhilaration of Mubarak’s exit, Egyptians confronted the comp…
