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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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January 18, 2008
Monetary Policy
The new (financial) world order
In 2007: China’s government added $430b to its foreign exchange reserves. Russia’s government added $150b to its foreign exchange reserves. China’s state banks likely - this is the only…
April 6, 2008
Financial Markets
Just how much money do sovereign wealth funds have?
A ton, according to Morgan Stanley’s Stephen Jen and a host of Wall Street investment banks Not all that much, according to Milken Institute’s Christopher Balding (as reported by Bob Davis in the Wa…
June 29, 2008
Financial Markets
It is good to be the king (of oil)
If oil stays at $140, the Gulf -- based on projections that imply GCC spending and investment will rise so that the GCC needs $55 to $60 oil to cover its import bill -- the big GCC funds and central…
June 6, 2011
United States
The True Threat of Terrorist Safe Havens
Afghan President Hamid Karzai presents U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates with the Ghazi Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Medal, Afghanistan's highest governmental award, in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 4, …
July 21, 2011
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
PSI: A Model for Multilateral Action?
A member of the Australian Navy searches a ship playing the role of a vessel carrying suspected materials during a naval drill of the Proliferation Security Initiative Exercise (PSI) at Yokosuka port…
