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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 14, 2014
Egypt
Powering the Way to a Darker Tomorrow: Coal Cannot Solve Egypt’s Energy Crisis
I am pleased to cross post the following article with my friends at The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Allison McManus’ timely post on the problems in Egypt’s energy sector and coal is an …
June 15, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Remarks on Morning in South Africa
The following text is the entirety of John Campbell’s speech delivered as part of the Department of State’s Ralph J Bunche Library Series, on June 8, 2016. From a certain perspective, South Africa …
June 27, 2014
Iraq
Kurds: Running Before Walking
Erbil had a weird feel to it this week. The euphoria that came when the Kurd’s military, known as the peshmerga, took over Kirkuk on June 11 has not exactly faded, but reality is making people nervo…
December 28, 2017
United States
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2017
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
November 18, 2007
Financial Markets
The Gulf seems determined to let everyone take a punt on a December revaluation
Note: This is Brad Setser, Not Michael Pettis The heads GCC countries will meet in early December. They are expected to announce that the launch date of their currency union will be delayed – and pr…
February 4, 2016
Thailand
Democratic Regression and the Rise of Islamic State-Linked Militants in Southeast Asia
Read Part 1 here. Part 2 After Jakarta’s initial successes against militants such as those from Jemaah Islamiah, a new generation of Islamists began to emerge in Southeast Asia in the late 2000s a…
