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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 6, 2008
Global
CFR Kicks Off Group Blog on Pressing International Issues
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has launched the "CFR Forum" (http://blogs.cfr.org/forum), a new group blog, featuring a series of expert discussions moderated by CFR fellows. The forum will a…
March 12, 2014
International Organizations
IMF Reform and the Ukraine Package
The debate over congressional passage of IMF reform has reached a critical juncture. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today approved legislation providing loan guarantees for Ukraine and suppo…
June 8, 2005
Economics
Should the world finance the World Bank rather than the United States
Note: Title credit goes to Jeff Frankel, who moderated a panel I participated on.Paul Wolfowitz just took over at the World Bank. He already seems to have indicated that is not going to follow Desmo…
December 8, 2005
United States
Emerging market bubble watch - and a word or two on dark matter
Ecuador is the kind of country that can borrow only when times are really, really good for emerging economies. It has been and - as far as I can tell - remains politically dysfunctional. It tends …
April 19, 2018
Puerto Rico
The Oversight Board’s Latest Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico is Still Too Optimistic
The power is off in Puerto Rico, again. It may not be restored for a day or two. Puerto Rico obviously has yet to fully recover from Maria’s devastation. Tax revenues this fiscal year are off by o…
