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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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September 18, 2009
International Organizations
Previewing Pittsburgh: The G20 and the Global Economy
Representing 85 percent of the world’s economy, G20 leaders will gather for the upcoming Pittsburgh Summit to discuss issues critical to the future of the global financial system. Join Edwin M. Truma…
May 6, 2016
China
Friday Asia Update: Five Stories From the Week of May 6, 2016
Ashlyn Anderson, Rachel Brown, Lincoln Davidson, and Gabriella Meltzer look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Duterte ahead in Philippine pre-election polls. Leading candidate Rodrigo Duterte …
October 27, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Recovery of Nigeria’s Oil Production Under Threat
According to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (the state-owned oil company) Nigeria has the capacity to produce 2.5 million barrels of oil per day (bpd). At the beginning of the year, produ…
July 30, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Kidnapping, Ransoms, and the Sahel
Rukmini Callimachi has a chilling story on the front page of today’s New York Times, “Paying Ransoms, Europe Bankrolls Qaeda Terror.” It is a must-read. The story is based on a wide range of intervie…
June 29, 2020
United States
TWE Remembers: The Pacificus-Helvidius Debate
Original intent. The term pops up frequently in debates over how to interpret the U.S. Constitution. At its core, the concept of original intent holds that constitutional interpretation should be gui…
