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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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February 22, 2013
Israel
Middle East Matters This Week: Egyptian Elections, Damascus Explosions, and a New Tunisian Government
Significant Developments Egypt. President Mohammed Morsi issued a decree last night calling for parliamentary elections to begin April 27 and end in late June. The vote will take place in four stage…
February 15, 2013
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Struggles in Tunisia, Egypt, and Syria
Significant Developments Tunisia. Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali pledged to announce a government of technocrats tomorrow, following intensive consultations with a variety of party leaders today. Jeba…
January 10, 2013
Palestinian Territories
Middle East Matters This Week: Assad Stalls, Palestinians Talk, and Iraq Explodes
Significant Middle East Developments Syria. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad gave his first speech in nearly seven months on Sunday, outlining a "peace plan" that ruled out any negotiation with Syri…
February 22, 2013
Congresses and Parliaments
The World Next Week: The Sequester Looms, Pope Benedict XVI Steps Down, and the Academy Awards Does Foreign Policy
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the sequester, Pope Benedict XVI’s farewell, and the foreign policy-themed films nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture. [audio: http…
October 1, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Debate Continues Over a Permanent African Seat on the UN Security Council
The annual United Nations General Assembly debate, which brings over one hundred heads of state to NYC, ended today. As part of the series of speeches made by each country delegation, the foreign min…
