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November 1, 2012

Climate Change
How Likely Was Hurricane Sandy?

As the public debate over Hurricane Sandy turns in part from the immediate impacts of the storm to its possible links to climate change, a new theme is emerging: Sandy is not just part of a new norma…

How Likely Was Hurricane Sandy?

May 9, 2018

Women and Economic Growth
Gender-Based Violence and the Economy: A Conversation with World Bank Group General Counsel Sandie Okoro

Since becoming the World Bank Group General Counsel, Sandie Okoro has supported the World Bank’s initiative to address gender-based violence as part and parcel of economic development.

CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Catherine Powell with World Bank General Counsel Sandie Okoro.

October 30, 2012

Corporate Governance
Hurricane Sandy: A Lesson in Why Governments Really Matter

Grover Norquist, the anti-tax crusader, has famously said that he has no wish to eliminate government, but only to “shrink it to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.” Americans up and down th…

Emergency personnel help a resident onto a boat after rescuing her from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey on October 30, 2012 (Adam Hunger/Courtesy Reuters).

March 29, 2004

United States
Berger Lays Out a Democratic President’s Foreign Strategy

In the May/June 2004 Issue of Foreign Affairs... Despite what many think, the foreign policy debate in the coming election is as much about means as ends, argues former National Security Adviser S…

October 31, 2012

Climate Change
Hurricane Sandy: Is There Anything We Can Do About Climate Change Soon?

The East Coast is slowly returning to normal life after Hurricane Sandy – and pundits, scientists, and journalists are quickly diving into a debate over what the storm says about climate change. I ha…

Hurricane Sandy: Is There Anything We Can Do About Climate Change Soon?