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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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February 8, 2024
Chile
Chile’s Inferno, NATO Ramps Up Security Exercises, Indonesia’s Presidential Election, and More
Chile works to recover from the devastating wildfire in its central Valparaíso region; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continues with its 2024 Steadfast Defender exercise, the largest s…
September 13, 2006
China
Will the good cop (Hank Paulson) get results …
Hank Paulson delivered his big speech on “the international economic system” today. It was mostly about China. That is not a surprise. He is going to China next week. It makes sense too. The …
August 15, 2007
Monetary Policy
Hank Paulson and W (heart) foreign central banks
Three numbers from today’s TIC data release: Net recorded inflows to the US in June: $58.8bNet official inflows: $58.2bNet private inflows: $0.7b Kind of destroys the illusion that t…
November 9, 2023
Renewing America
Confronting Disinformation in the Digital Age
Panelists discuss the challenge of discerning accurate information on online platforms, the rise of disinformation and how news agencies verify the truth in their reporting, and the repercussions of …
December 1, 2023
United States
Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2024
As 2023 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2024.
February 5, 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eighty Years of U.S. Policy Toward Africa, Now in One Place
Until now, there has not been a comprehensive survey of U.S. policy toward Africa for either the specialist or the general reader. Now, happily, there is. Herman J. Cohen (‘Hank’) has just published U.S. Policy Toward Africa: Eight Decades of Realpolitik, covering fourteen U.S. administrations. It is hard to think of anyone as qualified as Ambassador Cohen to undertake such a work. A career Foreign Service Officer, Hank Cohen was, inter alia, charge in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ambassador to Senegal, senior director for Africa at the National Security Council, and assistant secretary for Africa at the U.S. Department of State.
