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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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July 27, 2011
Ten Whats With...Laurie Garrett
Laurie Garrett. Courtesy of Laurie Garrett. Laurie Garrett is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Ms. Garrett is the only writer ever to have been aw…
April 11, 2011
Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Hello Mitt Romney, GOP Presidential Candidate
Mitt Romney shakes hands after speaking to an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting in Washington on February 11, 2011. (Larry Downing/courtesy Reuters) The United States …
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…
August 5, 2005
Capital Flows
China, the US and the geopolitics of oil
The CNOOC Unocal saga is over. But CNOOC's ambitions remain: Energy market experts now expect Cnooc, which is controlled by the Beijing government, to explore opportunities throughout the Asia-Pacifi…
June 20, 2007
United States
Does Bretton Woods 2 end with a bang or with a wimper — a dialogue
What follows is a bit of an experiment. I am posting -- with permission -- a lightly edited version of an email exchange that I had with a global equity portfolio manager a few days ago. Like all…