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Introduction
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 30, 2023
Climate Change
COP28 in Dubai, Russia Crackdown on Journalists, China Illness Spike, and More
The United Arab Emirates, a major oil and gas producer, hosts the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), where hundreds of world leaders meet to discuss limiting global warming and helping states…
November 9, 2023
Indo-Pacific
Biden and Xi at APEC, Macron’s Gaza Conference, Arab League Emergency Summit, and More
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit begins in San Francisco with U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping set to meet on the sidelines; French President Emma…
May 18, 2023
Syria
Syria Returns to the Arab League, G7 Summit in Japan, UN Discussions on North Korea, and More
The Arab League summit marks the return of Syria and its president, Bashar al-Assad; Japan hosts the leaders of the Group of Seven democracies in Hiroshima, Japan, with concerns over China and Russia…
February 11, 2021
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
NATO Defense Ministers Convene, UN Security Council Talks Yemen, and More
Defense ministers of NATO countries meet virtually to discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan; the UN Security Council debates the war in Yemen following the Biden administration’s policy shift; and spa…
February 3, 2021
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
‘The Most Persistent and Lethal Threat’
For years, security experts have warned that white nationalist and white supremacist extremism represent the most significant domestic terrorism threat to the United States. Now, in the wake of the a…
December 10, 2020
Climate Change
A Virtual Climate Summit, Georgia Begins Early Voting, and More
The Climate Ambition Summit 2020 is held virtually five years after the Paris Agreement, the state of Georgia begins early voting in its Senate runoff, and Tunisia marks ten years since the beginning…
