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November 1, 2012

Climate Change
How Likely Was Hurricane Sandy?

As the public debate over Hurricane Sandy turns in part from the immediate impacts of the storm to its possible links to climate change, a new theme is emerging: Sandy is not just part of a new norma…

How Likely Was Hurricane Sandy?
Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate

March 6, 2008

Financial Markets
1.54, 105, 1.45 — deleveraging continues …

It just seems like yesterday when the euro broke $1.50 and oil broke $100. Now the euro trades closer to $1.54 than $1.50 and oil trades closer to $105. Macroman doesn’t watch his Bloomberg screen…

Blog Post by Brad W. Setser Follow the Money

April 12, 2016

International Organizations
Surface Tension: Chinese Aggression Roils Southeast Asian Waters

In telling the Group of Seven (G7) yesterday to butt out of its controversial maritime claims in East Asia, China has doubled down on an historic strategic blunder. Beijing’s belligerence in the Sout…

Filipino activists protest Chinese reclamation in the South China Sea outside the Chinese embassy in Manila on April 17, 2015.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

April 30, 2012

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Rubio’s Global Vision: A Lot Like Obama’s

Senator Marco Rubio, a leading contender to serve as Mitt Romney’s running mate, has a surprisingly centrist foreign policy vision according to his address at the Brookings Institution last Wednesday…

Rubio gestures as he addresses the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

August 11, 2011

Fossil Fuels
A Must Read Report on Shale Gas

The Natural Gas Subcommittee of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board has published its 90-day interim report (PDF) on “Improving the Safety and Environmental Performance of Hydraulic Fracturing”. I…

Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate