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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 2, 2013
United States
Nice-Guy Obama Fails Turkey’s Democracy
This article was originally published at The Christian Science Monitor here on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. The US ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, took a lot of criticism from Turkish activists…
May 17, 2009
Monetary Policy
"We hate you guys ... but there is nothing much we can do"
That – now famous -- quote by Luo Peng isn’t really true. China’s government choose to peg its currency to the dollar. More importantly, China’s government choose to peg to the dollar at a rate t…
February 14, 2024
Indonesia
Prabowo Wins. Does Indonesian Democracy Lose?
Prabowo Subianto has won Indonesia’s presidential election. What will his presidency bring?
September 20, 2017
Gender
Gender and the Twenty-First Century Global Workforce
Equal pay for women’s work. That idea galvanized leaders including ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria, who gathered in New York this week to launch the Equal Pay I…
December 8, 2023
United States
Campaign Roundup: The Fourth Republican Presidential Debate
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This week: Substance took a back seat when four Republican presidential candidates took the debate stage in Al…
January 7, 2021
Transition 2021
Nigerian Reaction to the Assault on the U.S. Capitol
Americans should be under no illusion about the serious damage to the country’s remaining moral authority and capacity for international leadership caused by yesterday's assault on the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
