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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 13, 2013
Defense and Security
Worldwide Threats Briefing Highlights
Yesterday, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) held its annual open hearing on “National Security Threats to the United States.” First started in 1994, the hearing is the rare instance…
June 5, 2013
Defense and Security
Hello, Susan Rice: National Security Adviser
When one door closes another one opens. Susan Rice can certainly vouch for that pithy piece of advice. Early last fall the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations looked to be a shoe-in to succeed Hill…
February 17, 2014
TWE Celebrates Presidents’ Day
Today is Presidents’ Day. It is a TWE tradition to recognize the forty-three men—and they have all been men—who have been president on Presidents’ Day with the following essay. If you are lucky enoug…
March 5, 2012
Russia
Hello (Welcome Back): Vladimir Putin, Russian President
He’s baaaaaccck! Vladimir Putin, who stepped down in 2008 as Russia’s president after serving two terms, won yesterday’s Russian presidential election going away. He captured a reported 64 percent of…
June 27, 2007
Monetary Policy
Reserve diversification — what does the IMF data tell us?
There is a lot of interest in reserve diversification. And most of those present at the May Euromoney fx conference in London—judging from the audience poll – believed that at least some central b…
