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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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April 25, 2024
Renewable Energy
Energy and Trade Priorities With Governor J. Kevin Stitt
Kevin Stitt, twenty-eighth governor of Oklahoma, discusses his international priorities, including Oklahoma’s growing role in the renewable energy landscape, ensuring access to a sustainable supply o…
April 17, 2024
Europe
A Conversation With Christine Lagarde
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discusses the state of the European economy, U.S.-EU economic cooperation, and the implications of international geopolitical conflicts on the global…
October 2, 2023
United States
U.S. Should Lead the Effort to Reform International Subsidies, Argues New CFR Report
“The United States should lead the effort to reshape the global rules to better serve its own interests and the international trading system’s changing realities,” claims a new Council Special Report…
September 7, 2023
United States
Council Special Report: Rethinking International Rules on Subsidies
In the Council Special Report Rethinking International Rules on Subsidies, authors Jennifer Hillman and Inu Manak describe how the subsidies rules did little to prevent widespread industrial use by c…
December 17, 2020
Nigeria
Amnesty International and Nigerian Civilian Deaths in Military Custody
On December 8, Amnesty stated that at least ten thousand civilians have died in Nigerian military custody since 2011. The report cites Giwa Barracks, a particularly sordid prison in Maiduguri.
November 21, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
Amnesty International and Hamas
The current conflict between Hamas (and other terrorist groups) and Israel has brought out the worst in Amnesty International. Amnesty has taken a position that can only be called anti-Israel, treat…
April 25, 2024
China
Numbers of Visitors to China Rises From Pandemic-Era Lows
International arrivals to China seem to be picking back up as Beijing seeks to use tourism to boost its stagnating domestic economy.
September 19, 2023
United States
Biden at the UN: Inclusive Internationalism
Amid renewed calls for changes in the world order, U.S. President Joe Biden sought to stress his support for greater inclusion of developing nations in addressing economic, social, and climate concer…