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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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August 9, 2005
Capital Flows
Iran, Nukes, China, Oil, and a few other things
I 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 States
Selling off pieces of yourself (or not)
The 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 23, 2011
Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Drones, Drones
Lt. Col. Geoffrey Barnes, Detachment 1 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Attack Squadron commander, performs a pre-flight inspection of an MQ-1B Predator unmanned drone aircraft on September 3, 2008 …
October 22, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Obama and Libya: Hold the Triumphalism, Please
After the death of Muammar al Gaddafi, Administration spokesmen and those journalists who pretty much take dictation from them have been triumphant. This was, they have said, final proof of the exqui…
March 29, 2012
United States
Abandoning Syria
With 9,000 Syrians dead and the Assad regime increasingly isolated and under political, moral, military assault, it appears that the Obama Administration has made its choice: it is abandoning efforts…