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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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February 8, 2022
NAFTA
Decades Late, NAFTA’s Promise on Workers’ Rights Comes Good
In 1993, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton unveiled a revolutionary deal that would require Mexico to strengthen workers’ rights as part of the pending North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Pre…
November 22, 2021
International Law
A Negotiator's Reliance on the Nuremberg Legacy
This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal: on 30 September and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) delivered its Judgement in the tr…
November 15, 2021
Human Rights
Democracy Promotion and the Monarchies
Should the United States be promoting democracy and human rights in friendly monarchies? Yes — human rights improvements, not regime change, should be the goal, working especially in areas where prog…
September 20, 2021
Middle East and North Africa
Netanyahu Is Gone. Netanyahu-ism Still Reigns.
When it comes to policies Washington cares about, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his predecessor are practically the same.
May 18, 2021
International Law
Renewing justice for atrocities
President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide, inflicted over a century ago with an estimated 1.5 million deaths, acknowledges historical facts and rejects Turkey’s long campaign of denialis…