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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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April 4, 2011
China
The End of ALBA: Latin America’s Market-Based Integration
A trader checks a newspaper at the Santiago Stock Exchange (Ivan Alvarado/Courtesy Reuters). Much is made of ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, a pact backed by Hugo Chávez and Fidel Ca…
February 21, 2013
Defense and Security
Mexico’s Drug War and the Disappeared
An often overlooked problem with the so-called “war on drugs” mindset has been the effect on local populations: as military officials or militarized law enforcement officers fight narcotraffickers, t…
January 25, 2016
Wars and Conflict
Making History in 2016: Women to Watch in the UN Secretary-General Race
While all eyes in the U.S. are turned to the presidential primaries, another election contest has seized the attention of diplomats across the globe: the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) race,…
January 26, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Protecting the Global Supply Chain
The White House announced a new strategy to protect the global supply chain of goods that are critical to U.S. national security and economic welfare. Among other things, the plan calls for improving…
April 7, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: WMDs, Libya, and Drone Strikes in Yemen
Peter Cynkar, “Opinion Briefing: Mexico’s Drug War,” Gallup, April 4, 2012. Mexicans personally feel less safe in their own neighborhoods in 2011 than they did at the onset of the drug war. Whi…
