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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 15, 2013
Politics and Government
Hello, Xi Jinping: President of China
Good news comes in threes. Just ask Xi Jinping. Back in November he was named Secretary General of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission. Yesterday he picke…
April 29, 2008
Emerging Markets
Borders still matter; “the world isn’t as flat as it used to be”
On Monday, Bob Davis of the Wall Street Journal argued that the world isn’t flat, or at least it “isn’t as flat as it used to be.” National borders matter more. Barriers to the free flow of go…
October 31, 2012
China
Why Haven’t Chinese Leaders Acted Decisively to Reduce Tobacco Use?
In mid-October, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev voiced support for a proposed ban on smoking in public places by 2015. “The government is not at war with smokers,” he said, “but we are making …
June 7, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Egypt’s Historic Verdict and Further Syrian Massacres
Significant Middle East Developments Egypt. The trial of Hosni Mubarak concluded on Saturday with the three-judge panel sentencing the former Egyptian president and his former interior minister, Hab…
January 25, 2016
Cybersecurity
An Expansive, and Dangerous, Chinese View on Cyber Deterrence
In most open source writings, Chinese analysts tend to discount the possibility of deterrence in cyberspace. Attribution, detection, and monitoring are hard. Attacks can come from state and non-state…
