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April 29, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: What Do the Panetta and Petraeus Nominations Say About Obama?

U.S. Army General David Petraeus (L) and CIA director Leon Panetta (R). (Staff photographer/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Washington’s worst kept secret is now out. President Obama has …

U.S. Army General David Petraeus (L) and CIA director Leon Panetta (R). (Staff photographer/courtesy Reuters)

July 8, 2008

Financial Markets
The FT joins the chorus arguing against the Gulf’s dollar peg

The FT’s leader concisely summarizes the arguments against the Gulf’s peg to the dollar. "The UAE either keeps its currency pegged to the dollar, in which case too many dirhams will chase too few go…

June 23, 2017

U.S. Foreign Policy
You Might Have Missed: Academic Journals VI

This is the sixth blog post in this series. The previous five were published in February, July, and October 2015, and January and May 2016, and highlight earlier academic findings. This post was coau…

woman looks into a book

November 20, 2008

Americas
Latin America and the Financial Crisis

Here is a piece I authored with my colleagues at the Council on Foreign Relations on the effects of the world financial crisis in Latin America. It originally appeared here. Latin America: Not So …

Latin America and the Financial Crisis

June 30, 2015

Diplomacy and International Institutions
South Korea: Middle Power Ambitions and Geopolitical Constraints

The following is a guest post by Andrew O’Neil, professor of political science and head of the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University, Australia. When we think of ri…

South Korean President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing, China, on November 10, 2014.