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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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March 13, 2014
International Law
Syria and the Global Humanitarian Crisis
Three years after the outbreak of war in Syria, the agony only deepens for its civilian population. The conflict has already killed 140,000, forced 9.5 million—44 percent of the nation’s prewar inh…
March 9, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: The Politics of Iran War Fever
Above the Fold. President Obama used his speech to the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee last Sunday and his White House press conference to take his critics to task f…
April 27, 2012
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Exorcising the Resource Curse: Some Innovative Ideas
Among the many frustrations in development, perhaps none looms larger than the “resource curse.” Perversely, the worst development outcomes—measured in poverty, inequality, and deprivation—are often …
August 31, 2016
G20 (Group of Twenty)
The G20 Hangzhou Summit: Making Globalization Work
On September 4-5 President Barack Obama attends his final annual summit of the Group of 20 (G20) in Hangzhou, China. The event is a fitting bookend for his presidency. The very first G20 summit took …
June 7, 2011
International Organizations
The Trials of International Tribunals
Munira Salihovic poses with picture of her three sons and husband, who were killed during the Srebrenica massacre. (Dado Ruvic/Courtesy Reuters) Champions of international justice have been heartene…
