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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 8, 2024
Nigeria
Hafsat Abiola: Invest in Women to Accelerate Progress
The president of Women in Africa (WIA) Initiative, Hafsat Abiola, shares her experiences for International Women’s Day under the theme “Invest in women: Accelerate progress.”
December 30, 2014
Technology and Innovation
Some Good News For a Change: Mark Clifford’s The Greening of Asia
Picking up a copy of Mark Clifford’s new book The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia’s Environmental Emergency (Columbia University Press, forthcoming March 2015) is a good way to s…
June 26, 2013
United States
Life in Putinland
As we watch the Snowden (NSA leaker) episode unfold in Moscow, it is worth recalling the backdrop to Vladimir Putin’s defense of the rule of law in Russia. Yesterday Putin told the media that Snowde…
August 17, 2011
North Korea
A Six-Step Formula for Resumption of Six Party Talks
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan (L) shakes hands with Clifford Hart, Special Envoy to the Six Party Talks on North Korean De-Nuclearization, as he arrives at the U.S. Mission to the U…
August 2, 2007
Financial Markets
Falling home bias in the US, rising home bias in Russia?
American's home bias -- or at least American institutional investors' home bias -- seems to be falling. Americans are more willing to hold a share of their financial assets abroad. Stephen Jen think…
