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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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March 28, 2024
Nuclear Weapons
The President’s Inbox Recap: Confronting the Nuclear Threat
The world has entered a new and dangerous nuclear age.
November 12, 2013
Economics
Mexico on the Brink
A few weeks ago, the Legatum Institute’s released its global Prosperity Index—which I wrote about here—that took both macro-economic indicators and social well-being into consideration. In the Index,…
March 14, 2018
Kenya
Pulling Kenya Back From the Brink
Odinga has called off his defiance campaign against the Kenyatta government, while Kenyatta apparently is allowing Odinga to continue to use the title “people’s president." The official document released detailing the pact refers to both as “his excellency.”
December 7, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa
On the Brink
I attended a two day colloquium on Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria at Brown University that among other things celebrated Chinua Achebe’s 80th birthday. This was the second…
April 6, 2006
United States
Rarely do I agree even a little with Larry Lindsey
But I do think Lindsey correctly highlights why the debate on whether the US economy as a whole benefits from low interest rates courtesy of China's central bank is rather beside the point, at least …