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February 23, 2024
Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Wife of Russian Opposition Leader Vows to Carry on His Work
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 17 to February 23.
April 30, 2024
Sustainable Development Goals (UN)
Renewed Efforts are Urgently Needed to Fight Increase in Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Without accelerated efforts, there is no chance of getting anywhere close to eliminating FGM/C by 2030.
April 5, 2024
Technology and Innovation
Cyber Week in Review: April 5, 2024
DeSantis signs teen social restrictions into law; CRSB releases report on Microsoft hack; report claims Meta and Google promote health disinformation; OpenAI discloses voice engine model; Google will…
February 12, 2007
Monetary Policy
Carry, carry, carry …
The debate over the size of the yen financed carry trade is far from settled. Former (“The Yen carry trade is on in such huge size”) and current traders (“real money investors ain't short yen and t…
April 22, 2024
Nigeria
The Record Breakers
Nigerians’ seemingly coordinated assault on the Guinness World Records offers a didactic lens into the national psyche and the state of the nation.
March 15, 2024
United States
Campaign Roundup: Joe Biden Opposes the Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden doesn’t want one of America’s closest allies to buy a once iconic American company.
March 10, 2024
China
China’s Record Manufacturing Surplus
The U.S. likes talking about the dominance of the dollar. But don’t short-change China’s current dominance of manufacturing trade. Trade imbalances need to be taken seriously again.
February 19, 2007
Economics
The globalization of finance: Household carry trades
Garnham and Tett’s large article last week on the risks of the carry trade – or perhaps the absence of risk, as they hint the big carry traders are now insured v. a surge in yen/ dollar volatility (a…