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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 24, 2010
International Organizations
The World Trade Organization and The Global Economic Crisis
The WTO's Pascal Lamy discusses global trade and the state of the international economy.
December 22, 2014
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Guest Post: Booking a Return Flight
Harry Oppenheimer is a research associate for national security at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has taken on an international flavor as foreign fighte…
June 24, 2010
International Organizations
The World Trade Organization and the Global Economic Crisis
Pascal Lamy will discuss how the global trading system helped to stabilize the global economic crisis and how it can do more. Related Readings: The Vanishing WTO by Marc Levinson Greenberg Center …
May 2, 2014
Lebanon
Weekend Listening/Viewing/Reading: Satire in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s "Garden," and Lebanese Relief Workers
Karl Sharro discusses Lebanese politics and the role of satire in political analysis of the Middle East on Karl Morand’s Middle East Week Podcast. Pascal Menoret’s photographic journey of the cit…
June 5, 2019
Diplomacy and International Institutions
The NBA's New Africa League Builds on Strong Foundation
In February, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that it would set up a twelve-team-league, Basketball Africa. Slated to begin in 2020, it would be the first time that the NBA helped operate a league outside of the United States and Canada. The league would be in partnership with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), and would build on FIBA’s Africa League.
