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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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July 31, 2007
China
Eswar Prasad: China’s exchange rate policy isn’t working
The headline is mine. Don’t blame Dr. Prasad. But that is the conclusion I took away from Eswar Prasad’s most recent paper. I usually write about how China’s exchange rate policy distorts the…
January 2, 2013
Israel
A Final Note From 2012
Last week I posted my take on the most significant Middle East developments of 2012. The ten developments that I identified, in chronological order, were: The cold war with Iran heats up The Mu…
July 28, 2020
Southeast Asia
The Implications of the Najib Razak Case
On Tuesday (Malaysia time), a Malaysian court found former Prime Minister Najib tun Razak guilty on seven counts of corruption, and sentenced him to twelve years in jail and a nearly $50 million fine…
October 14, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
The State of Slavery in Mauritania
Tyler Falish is a student in Fordham University’s Graduate Program in International Political Economy & Development and a former intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. T…
July 29, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
The Successor to Prince Saud?
An interesting royal decree from Saudi Arabia this past week suggests who may finally succeed Saud bin Faisal as foreign minister. Saud, son of the late King Faisal (who ruled 1964-1975) has been fo…