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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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April 25, 2024
China
Numbers of Visitors to China Rises From Pandemic-Era Lows
International arrivals to China seem to be picking back up as Beijing seeks to use tourism to boost its stagnating domestic economy.
March 27, 2024
United States
Modernizing the Federal Student Loan Experience
President Biden wants to modernize the federal student loan system. The U.S. Postal Service and Affordable Care Act can show him how.
March 28, 2024
United States
Summer Migration Uptick Likely to Inflame U.S. Politics, Plus Brazil’s Risky Bet on Soy
Migration will rise this summer, inflaming U.S. politics; Brazil’s risky bet on soy.
December 3, 2014
Alan Gross, Year Six
Today Alan Gross will begin his sixth year in a Cuban prison. His "crime" was to deliver to the minuscule Cuban Jewish community some communications equipment supplied by the United States. The Cuba…
December 17, 2014
Cuba
What Did President Obama Trade for Alan Gross?
There is wonderful news this morning: that Alan Gross is finally free, out of a Cuban prison and back on American soil. For his family, this is the answer to prayers and the right outcome to a long s…
February 22, 2024
Economics
The IMF Needs to Focus on Setting Good Targets for External Debt Sustainability
The IMF has two frameworks for assessing debt sustainability. The market access country framework is more technically advanced, but it isn't delivering reasonable targets for debt restructuring cases…
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…