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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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May 27, 2014
India
Hello, Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India
India did not produce Horatio Alger, but it certainly has produced a Horatio-Alger story: Narendra Modi. Yesterday the son of a poor tea seller took the oath of office as India’s fourteenth (or fifte…
September 30, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Where Do the GOP Candidates Stand on China’s Rise?
Above the Fold. China’s rise presents perhaps the most significant challenge to American foreign policy over the next decade. Here’s one concern: China’s growing force of long-range precision mi…
March 16, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Should the United States Leave Afghanistan?
Above the Fold. The tragic news that a U.S. Army sergeant slaughtered sixteen Afghans this week has scrambled the debate over the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. Afghan president Hamid Karzai has dema…
December 16, 2011
Politics and Government
Friday File: More GOP Iran Tough Talk
Republican presidential candidates participate in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa, on December 15, 2011.(Pool/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Iran was the obligatory foreign p…
February 10, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Xi Jinping Visits President Obama at the White House
Above the Fold. The hot topic in Washington this weekend—assuming that the rumor of Kim Jong Un’s assassination is just that—is the upcoming Valentine’s Day meeting between President Obama and Xi Jin…
