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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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October 7, 2008
Financial Markets
Russia, global lender of last resort? Will Russia bail out the hedge fund of the North ...
A few years ago, analysts looking at the same data that Dr. Krugman highlighted started to call the US a hedge fund. It borrowed short-term in dollars, providing the world wit a safe liquid asset (or…
December 8, 2017
Elections and Voting
Ten Elections to Watch in 2018
Numerous countries will hold elections in 2018. Here are ten to watch.
April 19, 2013
What Boston Bombers’ Chechen Ties May Mean for U.S.-Russia Relations
The two Boston Marathon bombing suspects have reportedly been identified as Chechen brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. While their link to Chechnya remains unclear—the brothers lived in Kyrgyzs…
September 20, 2008
Financial Markets
Finance as foreign policy (Russia, 2008)
American commentators have argued that Russia’s current financial difficulties are evidence that Russia’s participation in the global financial system constrains Russian geopolitical adventurism. …
February 17, 2017
Russia
India’s Space Program, Kim Jong-nam’s Assassination, Jakarta’s Elections, and More
Rachel Brown, Sherry Cho, Larry Hong, Gabriella Meltzer, and Gabriel Walker look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. India’s space program shoots for the stars. This Wednesday, the Indian Space …
