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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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September 16, 2005
Elections and Voting
Afghan Expert Rubin: Despite Security Problems ‘Large Turnout’ Expected for Parliamentary Elections Sunday
Barnett R. Rubin, a well-known expert on Afghanistan, says that despite a worsening security situation recently, the Afghan people “are really eager to vote and there will be a large turnout” in that…
July 14, 2006
United States
Far be it from me to disagree with Robert Rubin
One thing I never thought I would see: William Greider (no fan of Citibank Democrats) interviewing Robert Rubin. The end result is well worth reading. Rubin doesn’t seem to be in Steve Roach’s…
August 30, 2005
Economics
Rubin doctrine of international finance v. Greenspan doctrine …
The Rubin doctrine of international finance (From In an Uncertain World):1. The only certainty in life is that nothing is ever certain.2. Markets are good, but they are not the solution to all proble…
October 18, 2011
Democracy
Tymoshenko’s Sentence and Ukraine’s Future
The sentencing of former Ukraine prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko reflects her rivalry with President Viktor Yanukovych and could affect Ukraine’s eurozone bid, says New York Times Moscow bureau chief…
April 8, 2024
Sexual Violence
Arthur C. Helton Memorial Lecture: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict
The United Nations recognized rape as a war crime in 2008 through the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. Despite this step, sexual violence remains a widespread practice in wars and con…
January 24, 2006
United States
Robert Rubin still worries about the risk of a hard landing …
From Rubin's Wall Street Journal oped: The effects of these fiscal conditions are exacerbated because they occur, uniquely in the U.S. amongst the developed nations, in combination with a very low pe…