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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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January 13, 2012
Politics and Government
Friday File: Is Obama Reinventing Government?
Above the Fold. My BlackBerry buzzed this morning with email alerts informing me that President Obama intends to ask Congress for authority to merge several of the federal government’s trade- and com…
February 3, 2011
Egypt
Free Sandmonkey!
Events in Egypt are moving fast—and deteriorating faster. Here is the text of a post by Sandmonkey, the leading Egyptian blogger, who was arrested today, beaten, and then released. He recently tweets…
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 …
September 10, 2014
Conflict Prevention
Ebola Reveals Gaps in Global Epidemic Response
Coauthored with Daniel Chardell, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), calls t…
June 5, 2017
China
Does a Banking Crisis Lead to a Currency Crisis? (The Case of China)
One key question around China is pretty straight forward: will losses in China’s banks and shadow banks—whether on their lending to Chinese firms or their lending to investment vehicles of local gove…
