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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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May 19, 2013
Military Operations
The AUMF and America’s Forever War
See below for the most important and alarming sections from Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Hearing with senior civilian and military officials on the Pentagon’s interpretation of legal authorities …
February 17, 2005
The Achilles Heel of Cowboyeconomics
The Wall Street Journal says everyone in the world would benefit from a dose of Cowboyeconomics. You know, exporting tons of debt, to support consumption growth well in excess of income growth ... …
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 16, 2015
Defense and Security
Top Ten Findings of the CIA Inspector General’s Report on 9/11
Last week, in response to long-standing FOIA requests, the CIA declassified—with significant redactions—five documents related to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The most notable was a J…
October 4, 2005
Financial Markets
Forget China, let’s talk about oil
Not the oil price per se, but what oil producers are doing with all the coin that comes with high oil prices. I have rattled on and on about how China's current account surplus is on track to reac…