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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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November 21, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Obama’s Message: An “Atlantic Charter” for a Pacific Century
Leaders line up for a group photo at the East Asian Summit and ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali November 19, 2011 (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reuters). Barack Obama’s triumphant Asia-Pacific tour was a major…
October 10, 2013
Middle East Matters This Week: Libyan Abductions, Egyptian Aid Suspension, and Syrian Culpability
Significant Developments Libya. Prime minister Ali Zeidan was abducted today and held for at least six hours by the Revolutionary Operations Chamber, a militia assigned to protect Libya’s parliament…
December 16, 2011
You Might Have Missed: Drone Sales, Twitter Wars, and Admiral McRaven
U.S. military personnel lower their heads during the ceremony of the encasing of the U.S. Forces in Iraq colors on December 15, 2011 (Courtesy Reuters/Pool). - Adam Entous and Julian E. Barnes, “U.S…
October 17, 2011
Monetary Policy
Can Monetary Policy Mitigate The Effects of Oil Shocks? A Follow-Up
I wrote a week ago about an old paper by Bernanke, Gertler, and Watson (BGW) that attributed much of the impact of past oil price shocks to the response of monetary policy. Jim Hamilton followed up t…
July 12, 2011
Israel
Five Years After the Israel-Hezbollah War
An Israeli artillery unit fires a shell towards Lebanon from its position near the Israeli-Lebanese border August 9, 2006. Israel decided on Wednesday to expand its ground offensive in Leban…
