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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…
April 9, 2003
IraqApril 9, 2003 - The Council will co-sponsor the Third Qatar Conference on Democracy and Free Trade on April 14-15, in Doha with the Islamic Institute, the University of Qatar and the Qatari Chamber …
August 9, 2005
Capital FlowsI wonder if Iran's intransigence is any way related to this? Obviously, the risk of a supply disruption, whether in Saudi Arabia, Iran or Iraq is one reason why oil prices are high. But I suspect tha…
February 23, 2006
United StatesThe 2006 US current account deficit looks to be a bit under $1 trillion. $1 trillion sounds big, but remember, the annualized fourth quarter current account deficit will almost certainly be close to…
September 18, 2006
GlobalLee Feinstein, an expert on U.S. foreign policy and the United Nations, says the sixty-first UN General Assembly session faces “a number of huge issues, any one of which in a different year would be …
December 6, 2006
IraqRichard N. Haass, an expert on Middle East affairs, says the Iraq Study Group’s report on Iraq is “refreshingly honest” and gives the Bush administration “the best chance that exists for making progr…