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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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January 20, 2022
Economics
Robert E. Rubin: The Challenges and Future of Capitalism in the United States
There are many critical challenges for the U. S. economy that markets, by their nature, will not address. In this sense, the future of American capitalism thus depends on the future of American polit…
September 6, 2019
Zimbabwe
Good Riddance to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe
During his thirty-seven years in power in Zimbabwe, he committed virtually every human rights violation there is. His hands were awash in the blood of Zimbabweans. Fanning and exploiting racial and class differences, he destroyed the country’s economy, once on the cusp of being one of Africa’s most developed, driving out commercial white farmers. By the time he died, Zimbabwe was an international pariah, an economic basket case, and many or most of the country’s most educated and productive citizens had left the country.
April 10, 2014
China
Hunter Gross: Despite Cyber Espionage, U.S.-China Relations Are Business as Usual
Hunter Gross is an intern for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Just as U.S. president Barack Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping were set to meet in The Hague, documents leaked b…
February 18, 2014
China
Hunter Gross: What Did China and Taiwan’s Historic Talks Accomplish?
Hunter Gross is an intern for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. The four-day visit between Zhang Zhijun, director of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) and Wang Yu-chi, chairman of …
September 22, 2011
United States
Confirm Robert Ford
New U.S. ambassador Robert Ford (R) talks with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after presenting his credentials to Assad, in Damascus January 27, 2011 (Courtesy Reuters/SANA). The United States Se…
