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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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July 2, 2012
Politics and Government
Hola, Enrique Peña Nieto: President-Elect of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto had a very good weekend. While Americans were grumbling about record-breaking heat and residents of Washington, D.C., were learning to live without air conditioning because powerfu…
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, 2015
Global
Ten Historical Anniversaries of Note in 2016
As 2015 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2016.
April 19, 2012
Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: General Douglas MacArthur’s Speech to Congress
Americans love generals. We have elected twelve of them president. But for a president, generals can be an enormous pain—and a political threat. James K. Polk worried (rightly) that Winfield Scott wa…
August 4, 2014
Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
The USS Maddox was on alert on the evening of August 4, 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two nights earlier North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked it without warning. The Maddox had driven them off wi…
