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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 7, 2016
International Organizations
The Race to Be UN Secretary-General: Five Questions for the Candidates
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. Next week the United Nations G…
December 12, 2011
International Organizations
Nuggets from the World Policy Conference
Austrian President Heinz Fischer makes a speech at the opening of the World Policy Conference at the historic Hofburg palace in Vienna December 9, 2011. The World Policy Conference is devoted to the …
December 31, 2010
Friday File: Let it Snow
Above the Fold. President Obama had the right idea in heading off to Hawaii. I opted for Boston and was rewarded with 20-plus inches of snow. That would have been great if I liked to ski or shovel …
October 4, 2017
Kurds
Unraveling the Oil Geopolitics Intertwined in the Kurdish Independence Referendum
For over a decade, U.S. efforts to promote stability across the Middle East have run afoul of many complexities. The recent independence referendum in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) territory …
February 2, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: The United Nations Debates Syria
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the current debate on whether to demand political change in Syria; the forty-eighth Munich International Security Conference; and the tw…
