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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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May 30, 2023
Australia
Review of Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear
In Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear, James Curran charts Australia's fluctuating policy toward China.
August 11, 2020
Southeast Asia
What’s Behind Mainland Southeast Asia’s Surprising Success Against COVID-19
With the exception of Thailand, the five countries of mainland Southeast Asia are some of the poorest in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the World Bank, Cambodia has a per capita GDP of around …
October 30, 2019
Election 2020
Meet Bill Weld, Republican Presidential Candidate
Update: Bill Weld announced on March 18, 2020, that he was ending his campaign. Bill Weld was the first Republican to officially announce he would challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presid…
July 12, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Syria’s Defections and Diplomacy, Egypt’s Power Struggles
Significant Middle East Developments Syria. UN Security Council members today began discussing a draft resolution on Syria in New York. Russia and the Western nations on the 15-member council have d…
November 21, 2011
Economic Crises
True and False Lessons Drawn from the Structural Slump
Edmund S. Phelps, professor of political economy at Columbia University, discusses the causes of the economic slump in the United States.
