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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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March 26, 2014
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Hello (Ciao), Matteo Renzi: Prime Minister of Italy
When President Barack Obama stops in Rome tomorrow he will be meeting with a politician who can match his own meteoric rise to power: Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi. Last month the thirty-nine-y…
June 23, 2017
U.S. Foreign Policy
You Might Have Missed: Academic Journals VI
This is the sixth blog post in this series. The previous five were published in February, July, and October 2015, and January and May 2016, and highlight earlier academic findings. This post was coau…
December 19, 2005
China
The Chinese conundrum: External (financial) strength, domestic (financial) weakness
I disagree with Michael Mandel on the US current account deficit - I think it is a concern, he doesn't. We also disagree on the US fiscal deficit. He doesn't think it is a big problem; I disagree…
September 16, 2005
United States
Has the US outsourced creative thinking about external adjustment to … France?
Many have noted that President Bush likes French-style vacations. Not so many have noticed that French economists have been at the forefront of thinking about the US current account deficit, and the…
October 26, 2012
Israel
Middle East Matters This Week: Significant Developments in Syria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt
Significant Middle East Developments Syria. A deadly car bomb exploded in Damascus today just hours after the Eid holiday ceasefire, brokered by UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi between Syria’s …
