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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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December 5, 2018
Media
Redefining Political Journalism in the Digital Age
Panelists discuss how reporting on politics and the U.S. president has changed with the internet, social media, and smartphones, as well as the new ways in which Americans receive their daily foreign…
July 15, 2020
The China-India Border Crisis
Please join our speakers for a discussion on the recent China-India border skirmish, heightened tensions between both countries, the economic and military ramifications of the crisis, and geopolitica…
May 7, 2012
Defense and Security
Hello, François Hollande: President of France
Streaks are made to be broken. After seventeen years on the outside looking in, a Socialist Party candidate has finally returned to the French presidency. François Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy b…
May 12, 2008
Capital Flows
Sovereign Economic Development Funds ….
Sovereign funds argue that they are only interested in financial returns. And to be sure, they do care about financial returns. Losing money generally isn’t good for a sovereign fund’s long-term h…
November 2, 2016
China
Can China Reduce Its National Savings Rate with More Social Insurance?
Andrew Batson recently pushed back a bit against my attempt to frame one of China’s core macroeconomic problems as “too much savings.” He argues that policies to bring down savings have been tried in…