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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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April 16, 2013
United States
CFR and HBO Screening of the new HBO Documentary Manhunt
On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The raid lasted forty minutes, but the hunt for bin Laden took two decades. The search began with a tea…
April 16, 2013
United States
Film Screening: "Manhunt"
A panel of experts discuss the new HBO documentary film, Manhunt, which details the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
February 1, 2013
Economics
Mexico’s Democratic Malaise
During Mexico’s 2012 presidential election, many political pundits voiced their fears that the PRI’s return would bring a resurgence of the country’s less democratic past. According to new polling da…
July 2, 2012
Politics and Government
Hola, Enrique Peña Nieto: President-Elect of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto had a very good weekend. While Americans were grumbling about record-breaking heat and residents of Washington, D.C., were learning to live without air conditioning because powerfu…
April 8, 2008
Iraq
Education for Children of Conflict Roundtable Series: Iraq, Education, and Children of Conflict
Due to war and sectarian violence, many Iraqis have fled their homes and are now living as refugees in neighboring countries or as internally displaced persons in Iraq. Children make up about half of…