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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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February 6, 2015
Political Transitions
You Might Have Missed: Recent Academic Journal Findings
Simon Frankel Pratt, “Crossing off names: the logic of military assassination,” Small Wars & Insurgencies 26(1), 2015, pp. 3-23. Those governments or commentators who publically advocate the use of …
October 7, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Libya, Syria, and the Responsibility to Protect
A session of the United Nations Security Council in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The UN Security Council witnessed a rare double veto on Tuesday. Both Russia and Ch…
January 20, 2012
Politics and Government
Friday File: Is It Time to Intervene in Syria?
Above the Fold. Anyone who watched last night’s GOP presidential debate from Charleston, South Carolina could be forgiven for concluding that the United States has no pressing problems overseas. Not …
May 17, 2013
Military Operations
You Might Have Missed: Congress, CIA Drones, and Iran
John Vandiver, “US-trained Congolese Battalion Among Units Accused of Rape,” Stars and Stripes, May 10, 2013. For U.S. diplomats and military officials who were involved in training a Congolese ar…
July 29, 2011
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Friday File: The Debt Debate Won’t End on Tuesday
Traders work on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 29, 2011. U.S. stocks dropped for a fifth straight day after weak economic data and another setback on a debt deal. (Mike…
