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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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June 8, 2012
International Organizations
Everyone Agrees: Ratify the Law of the Sea
It is high time the United States joined 162 other states and the European Union in becoming party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—thirty years after the Reagan administration fir…
July 29, 2005
China
Words of Wisdom from Ted Truman
It is always worth paying attention to what Ted Truman - former director of the Federal Reserve's international staff, and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury -- is saying. And right now he is…
January 12, 2011
Fossil Fuels
Why Are Oil Prices So Volatile?
Oil prices are up again today. What’s going on? A look at history gives some interesting insights. Eyal Dvir (Boston College) and Ken Rogoff (Harvard) have a very interesting working paper that trie…
March 8, 2012
Politics and Government
The World Next Week: The One-Year Anniversary of the Tsunami Disaster in Japan
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the one-year anniversaries of the tsunami in Japan and the start of the Syrian uprising; British Prime Minister David Cameron’s two-day …
January 25, 2013
Heads of State and Government
Unexpected Energy Headlines for Obama’s Second Term
When you ask energy experts what headlines to watch for in President Obama’s second term, you’re likely to hear about issues that are hot right now: the possibility of new greenhouse gas regulations,…