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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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January 27, 2014
Fossil Fuels
Implications of Reduced Oil Imports for the U.S. Trade Deficit
Robert Lawrence shows that, absent other changes in the economy, benefits from declining oil imports for the long-term U.S. trade deficit have been overstated.
May 28, 2003
Defense and Security
A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Overview Almost exactly a year after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush released to Congress and the American public his National Security Strategy, the most detai…
July 1, 2002
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Reshaping America's Military: Four Alternatives
Overview In the wake of the September 11 attacks and the ensuing war on terrorism, the United States began a massive buildup in its defense budget. There was little public debate, however, about t…
April 17, 2008
Middle East and North Africa
Gulf Trip Report
Overview In February, Martin Indyk and Richard Haass engaged leading Gulf policymakers in detailed conversations about what they are looking for from a new American president. While all those with…
November 2, 2012
Climate Change
The Global Green Growth Institute: On a Mission to Prove Green Growth
Introduction On October 23, 2012, a new international organization dedicated to changing the way countries grow economically made its official debut on the world stage. The eighteen member countri…
