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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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June 6, 2016
International Organizations
Let the Sunshine in: Increasing Transparency in UN Elections
The following is a guest post by Megan Roberts, associate director of the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Sunlight is the best disinfect…
September 16, 2005
United States
Has the US outsourced creative thinking about external adjustment to … France?
Many have noted that President Bush likes French-style vacations. Not so many have noticed that French economists have been at the forefront of thinking about the US current account deficit, and the…
October 22, 2006
Monetary Policy
Yet more evidence China has far more reserves than it needs … courtesy of Olivier Jeanne and Romain Ranciere of the IMF
Francophone economist working in the US seem to be on something of a roll. Olivier Blanchard (with Giavazzi and Sa) has developed an interesting model for US current account adjustment. Helene Rey…
November 25, 2014
United States
Why Secretary Chuck Hagel Resigned
Gopal Ratnam, “Picking Up the Pieces at the Pentagon,” ForeignPolicy.com, November 25, 2014. Although the White House portrayed Hagel’s departure as a usual cabinet change post a midterm election th…
January 25, 2016
Wars and Conflict
Making History in 2016: Women to Watch in the UN Secretary-General Race
While all eyes in the U.S. are turned to the presidential primaries, another election contest has seized the attention of diplomats across the globe: the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) race,…
