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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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July 14, 2009
United States
Twin Deficits
The U.S. federal deficit has increased significantly since the start of the recession, as tax revenues have fallen and spending has increased. But the trade deficit has actually shrunk, reaching it…
November 16, 2012
Cuba
Alan Gross, Vilma Castro, and America’s Cuba Policy
Alan Gross is a former USAID contractor who has been in a Cuban jail since December 3, 2009. The most recent reports are that he has lost 105 pounds while in prison, and may well be suffering from u…
February 1, 2013
Economics
Mexico’s Democratic Malaise
During Mexico’s 2012 presidential election, many political pundits voiced their fears that the PRI’s return would bring a resurgence of the country’s less democratic past. According to new polling da…
February 28, 2013
International Law
“A Moment of Truth” for Syrian Refugees—and International Justice
Yesterday Antonio Gutteres, the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugees, briefed the UN Security Council on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria. Gutteres’ remarks, delivered in c…
April 19, 2013
Immigration and Migration
Mexico’s Transformation, and My Own
In anticipation of my talk next Tuesday in Los Angeles, I wrote the following piece for Zocalo’s Public Square: As my plane touched down at Benito Juárez airport in early 1994, I didn’t know that it…
