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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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September 6, 2008
Monetary Policy
Reserve growth has slowed, but it probably hasn’t stopped
For the past several months, almost all global reserve growth has come from China and the oil exporters. These also are countries that tend either not to report their reserves data quickly (China f…
April 3, 2012
United States
Ask the Experts: Will America ’Win’ in Afghanistan?
Last fall, a two-part question circulated throughout the Pentagon: Can the United States win in Afghanistan? Will the United States win in Afghanistan? In this case, “win” meant accomplishing the st…
March 15, 2007
Financial Markets
Just how big is the yen carry trade?
Stephen Jen of Morgan Stanley insists not-so-big. Or at least that the large size of the carry trade cannot be proved – and that the impact of any recent unwinding has been overstated. That is his…
July 16, 2012
Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament
Iran, the Bomb, and U.S. Public Opinion
The Obama administration hoped the specter of an oil embargo and increasingly stringent banking sanctions would finally force Iran to come clean on its clandestine nuclear program and end its enrichm…
May 17, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Egyptians Pick a President, NATO Meets in Chicago, and Baghdad Hosts Iran Talks
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the presidential election in Egypt; the NATO summit in Chicago; and the P5+1’s talks with Iran in Baghdad. [audio: http://www.cfr.org/c…
