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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 16, 2015
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016: Governor Scott Walker, GOP Presidential Candidate
Twelve Americans have become president without having earned a college degree. (Two of them are on Mount Rushmore.) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who studied at Marquette University but left befor…
April 18, 2005
Financial Markets
Tactical Issue Linkages
Dan Drezner has an interesting post up, laying out the components of a "serious" approach to encouraging (or pressuring) China to change its exchange rate peg. He nicely lays out the options, thoug…
March 27, 2006
United States
Good thing Michael Mandel read my 2004 paper, not my 2005 paper -
With the 2004 paper on US external sustainability, there is at least some possibility that Nouriel's and my dire forecasts will prove to be right. The core argument of that paper is that the contin…
August 23, 2012
Defense and Security
Top Twelve Defense Sequestration Scare Tactics
Over a year ago, on August 2, 2011, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011. The bipartisan legislation easily passed the House, 269-131, with 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats vot…
April 2, 2012
Egypt
Egypt’s "Engineer": A Look Under the Hood
My research associate, Alexander Brock, and research intern, Jessica Cusano, have written the below profile of newly nominated Egyptian presidential candidate Khairat al-Shater, affiliated with the M…
