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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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February 15, 2025
United States
TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day
The forty-seven presidents of the United States have some interesting stories to tell.
February 28, 2025
United Nations
Funding the United Nations: How Much Does the U.S. Pay?
Many UN agencies, programs, and missions receive crucial funding from the United States. In his second administration, President Trump is again calling for greater scrutiny of U.S. funding and involv…
March 17, 2025
Tibet
The Dalai Lama's Testament
Approaching 90, the Dalai Lama has written what's likely his last book--about Tibet's struggles with China and its future.
March 17, 2025
Tibet
The Dalai Lama’s Testament
In the Dalai Lama’s new memoir, Voice for the Voiceless, the spiritual leader directly addresses Tibet’s struggle for autonomy.
February 21, 2025
Mexico
Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels
Violence continues to rage some two decades after the Mexican government launched a war against drug cartels.
March 1, 2009
South Korea
Korean Hopes for U.S. Leadership Under Barack Obama
Lee Hong-koo is former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (1994-1995), a trustee to The Asia Foundation and Chairman of Friends of The Asia Foundation/Korea. History will record November 2008 a…
March 27, 2013
United States
Between Barack, Bibi, and Tayyip
There has been much ink spilled in the last week over the rapprochement between Israel and Turkey. I have been somewhat reluctant to weigh-in if only because I was fairly certain that reconciliation…
February 19, 2025
United States
How the U.S. Asylum Process Works
Asylum has become a central part of the U.S. immigration debate in recent years after border crossings reached a record high in fiscal year 2023. Here’s how the asylum process works.
