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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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November 15, 2016
China
China, Manipulation, Day One, the 1988 Trade Act, and the Bennet Amendment
President-elect Trump has said that he plans to declare China a currency manipulator on day one. I am among those who think this is a bad idea. This isn’t the right time to signal that China’s lon…
March 11, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Is Obama “Dithering” on Libya?
Anti-Qaddafi protesters attend Friday prayers today in Benghazi. (Suhaib Salem/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Is President Obama dithering on Libya? The president’s critics certainly think so and…
July 8, 2011
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Friday File: Brinkmanship on the Debt Ceiling
The National Debt Clock hangs on a wall next to an office for the Internal Revenue Service near Times Square in New York, May 16, 2011. (Chip East/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. They say that if …
May 13, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Will We Come to Regret the Raid on Abbottabad?
A policeman walks in front of Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound. (Faisal Mahmood/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Actions, even virtuous ones, have consequences. Sometimes those consequences a…
