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January 14, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Hu Is Coming

U.S. President Barack Obama meets China's President Hu Jintao in Seoul. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Chinese President Hu Jintao comes to Washington next week for his first visit …

U.S. President Barack Obama meets China’s President Hu Jintao in Seoul
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 31, 2006

Europe
France: The most “Anglo-Saxon” of the big 3 continental economies

That's a headline you won't see in the financial or popular press.  The basic narrative is already established:  France won't change, and as a result, will lag behind the more flexible "Anglo-Saxon" …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

March 8, 2009

Financial Markets
The shadow financial system – as illustrated in three new papers that cut through the London fog

Gordon Brown wants to shine a bit more light on the shadow financial system (hat tip IPEZone). One plank of his G-20 action plan is: "reform of international regulation to close regulatory gaps so …

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 12, 2016

Japan
Anti-Nuclear Sentiment and Japan’s Energy Choices

Daniel P. Aldrich is professor of political science and public policy and co-director of Northeastern University’s Security and Resilience Studies Program. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Ma…

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Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

August 7, 2012

United States
The Other Reasons for Invading Syria

As the fighting between the ever-weakening regime of President Bashar al-Assad and hundreds of armed opposition groups spreads and intensifies, pundits and policymakers are increasing their calls to …

Syria
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action