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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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February 1, 2017
South Korea
The Korean Pivot
As U.S.-China tensions intensify and as the North Korean threat grows, the importance of the Republic of Korea (ROK, or South Korea) as a pivot state in East Asia and as a valuable ally for the United States has become clearer than ever.
December 11, 2015
South Korea
Unified Korea and the Future of the U.S.-South Korea Alliance
Overview Korean unification could arguably occur within the next decade. No other country in the world is as diplomatically isolated as North Korea. Even its closest ally and benefactor, China, is…
October 18, 2016
Energy and Climate Policy
Sustaining Fuel Subsidy Reform
Overview Fuel consumption subsidies threaten the fiscal and economic health of countries around the world. Economists widely agree that the subsidies, which reduce consumer prices for petroleum an…
March 15, 2017
Greece
Global Economics Monthly: March 2017
Steven A. Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics Robert Kahn writes that Greece and its creditors are again locked in a showdown over reforms, cash, and debt relief. Another cliff-hanger ahead of heavy July debt payments looks likely. Extend-and-pretend is a dead end for Greece and an increasingly populist Europe, and a more ambitious agreement seems ruled out by bailout fatigue in creditor countries. Markets are once again underestimating the risks of “Grexit.”
March 24, 2017
Brazil
What U.S. Policymakers Can Learn From Brazil’s Anticorruption Gains
Brazil's path holds important lessons for how U.S. policymakers might assist other countries in their fight against corruption.
