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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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December 19, 2015
Cuba
Cuban Political Prisoners Measure the Impact of Obama’s Cuba Policy
This past week marked the anniversary of President Obama’s new Cuba policy. That policy is failing to produce any human rights improvements in Cuba. So this week, 126 Cuban former political prisoner…
February 9, 2012
Economics
Can Vázquez Mota Win Mexico’s Presidential Election?
I wrote a piece on Vázquez Mota and what it means for the Mexican election for Foreign Affairs entitled "Vázquez Mota and the 2012 Mexican Election". In it I argue that she has the potential to upend…
April 21, 2017
China
Anies’s Big Win, India’s Sex Ratio, USS Carl Vinson Bluff, and More
Rachel Brown, Sherry Cho, Larry Hong, Gabriella Meltzer, and Gabriel Walker look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. Anies elected Jakarta’s next governor. Anies Baswedan, Indonesia’s former edu…
June 3, 2016
Politics and Government
Duterte’s Policies Take Shape
The new president-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, came into office without a clear policy platform. On the campaign trail, Duterte had vowed to get tough on crime, duplicating his efforts …
October 28, 2016
China
Bringing International Pressure To Bear on Nicolás Maduro
[This post was co-authored with John Polga-Hecimovich*. It is the third of a series that begins with this post.] The collapse in Venezuela has many potential costs: democratic regression in Latin Am…
