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Introduction
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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December 10, 2013
United States
Israel’s Three UN Allies
Just over a week ago the UN General Assembly voted to call 2014 the ”International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.” The vote was 100 for to 7 against, with 56 abstentions. This is a…
December 19, 2015
Yemen
Weekend Reading: Saudi Arabia’s War, Tunisia’s Sidi Bouzid, and the Middle East’s Public Spaces
Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports on the human toll of the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Christine Petre looks at Sidi Bouzid five years after Tunisian fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi’s self-immolation that sp…
December 13, 2011
China
Emerging Economies, Private Companies, and Global Economic Power
Source: UNCTAD World Investment Report 2011 In the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, economists, investors, and even politicians have pinned their hopes on the major emerging markets as the new engi…
November 12, 2015
Europe and Eurasia
As Fed Pulls Back, the ECB and BoJ Add Trillions to Global Liquidity
All eyes and ears are on the Fed as it ponders its first rate increase in nine years. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde fears a rerun of the 2013 “taper tantrum,” or what we have been calli…
January 27, 2022
India
Bahar Dutt: U.S.-India Climate Change Cooperation Needs a Revamp
India has made ambitious pledges to reduce its emissions. The United States can help it transition to green energy.
