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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, 2014
Austria
TWE Remembers: The Assassination of Jean Jaurès
Yesterday’s post noted that the 1916 Black Tom explosion raises a great “what if” question: would Woodrow Wilson have lost his bid for re-election that fall if Americans had known that German saboteu…
March 21, 2024
United States
Women Voters’ Pivotal Role in Electing the Next U.S. President
The 2024 U.S. presidential election could be the first election clearly decided by women, in a landmark assertion of power by the majority.
October 13, 2014
Climate Change
New Nobel Economics Winner Jean Tirole on Energy, Climate, and Environment
Jean Tirole was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences today “for his analysis of market power and regulation”. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, that he’s written a lot about ene…
September 22, 2023
Ukraine
The President’s Inbox Recap: Ukraine’s 2023 Counteroffensive
The war in Ukraine grinds on with no end in sight.
March 25, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
"Don’t Steal Nigeria’s Election"
In an era of instant analysis too often driven by the superficialities of the twenty-four hour news cycle, Jean Herskovits has published a thoughtful, detailed op-ed on Nigeria only a few days away f…
January 3, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigera’s "War on Terror" and the Fuel Subsidy Ends
A protester walks past burning tyres while biting a lighter during a rally against fuel subsidy removal on Ikorodu road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos January 3, 2012. (Akintunde Akinleye/Cour…
