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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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September 22, 2011
Politics and Government
The Domestic Politics of Obama’s UN Speech
President Barack Obama addresses the sixty-sixth United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York on September 21, 2011. (Jessica Rinaldi/courtesy Reuters) One of TWE’s founding …
January 6, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Are We Near a Showdown with Iran?
Above the Fold. Pundits who predicted that Iran would top the list of foreign policy problems in 2012 have early evidence that they were right. President Obama signed legislation over the holiday bre…
February 7, 2012
South Africa
Lessons Learned: Nelson Mandela’s Release from Prison
Nelson Mandela's release from prison has lessons for understanding international relations today.
February 17, 2012
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Friday File: Anthony Shadid
Above the Fold. Anthony Shadid, a New York Times foreign correspondent, died yesterday while covering the ongoing political upheaval in Syria. He wasn’t cut down by the violence of what is becoming a…
March 29, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: U.S. Presidency of the UN Security Council
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the United States’ upcoming presidency of the UN Security Council; World Bank president nominee Dr. Jim Yong Kim’s world "listening tour…
