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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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March 20, 2012
Innovation and the U.S. Economy: How to Win When It's "Not Invented Here"
There is a reassuring notion one hears a lot about the U.S. economy--that for all the signs of competitive weakness, at least we are still the world's leader in innovation. There remains a certain, w…
September 7, 2011
India
India’s Tragedy
A nurse tries to assist as a policeman carries a woman, who was injured by a blast outside the High Court, towards a hospital for treatment in New Delhi September 7, 2011. A powerful bomb placed in a…
August 30, 2013
Myanmar
Is Myanmar’s Kachin Conflict Really Over?
The visit on Wednesday by the United Nations’ special envoy to Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, to Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization, is a positive sign that the conflict in Kach…
April 25, 2012
Asia
Ban Ki-moon Goes to Myanmar: What He Should Be Looking For
The UN secretary general is shortly headed to Myanmar to observe the country’s reforms, and ahead of his visit his special advisor on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, told the press that the country had the p…
November 19, 2010
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Obama Heads to Lisbon
Above the Fold. President Obama’s scheduler must be nursing a grudge. Last Sunday the president returned from what had to be an exhausting ten-day, around-the-world trip that took him to four coun…
