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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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December 30, 2013
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Remembering Ten World Figures Who Died in 2013
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
December 1, 2008
Monetary Policy
Bretton Woods 2 and the current crisis: any link?
Last week, I attended a conference on international financial reform. These kinds of conferences don’t really produce consensus; there is no need to agree on anything. But there was a sense -- a…
June 27, 2007
Monetary Policy
Reserve diversification — what does the IMF data tell us?
There is a lot of interest in reserve diversification. And most of those present at the May Euromoney fx conference in London—judging from the audience poll – believed that at least some central b…
September 27, 2018
Puerto Rico
Will the Proposed Restructuring of COFINA Bonds Assure Puerto Rico’s Return to Debt Sustainability?
Puerto Rico’s government and the bulk of the holders of Puerto Rico’s Sales tax backed bonds (COFINA) appear to have reached agreement on restructuring terms (details here). The deal will reduce Puer…
April 9, 2015
Ten Whats With…Sheila A. Smith
Sheila A. Smith is a senior fellow for Japan Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the author of Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China (Columbia University Pres…
