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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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December 4, 2009
Energy and Climate Policy
Copenhagen’s Many Agendas
The UN conference on climate change that begins December 7 in Copenhagen is supposed to produce new targets for emissions reductions, but experts say major countries are at odds on the ultimate goal …
April 11, 2014
Politics and Government
Indonesian Legislative Elections: Muddled Results, Not Positive for Policymaking
In terms of logistics and the quality of the actual voting day, Wednesday’s legislative elections in Indonesia were of a very high standard, with few irregularities reported across the massive countr…
July 14, 2014
Asia
Jokowi’s High Road a Mistake
In the wake of July 9’s voting in Indonesia’s presidential elections, both candidates, Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, and Prabowo Subianto have declared that, according to quick counts, they have won the pr…
October 18, 2012
Development
Question of the Week: The Millennium Development Goals Part II
How should the next set of global development goals be chosen? Question of the Week posts review important questions and controversies in global development by providing background information and …
May 25, 2011
Indonesia
Indonesian President: ’Reforms are Painful’
Indonesia’s President Yudhoyono discusses the stresses and challenges of pursuing a path of democratization and reform, and Indonesia’s desire to play a larger role in the region and the world.