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June 5, 2015

The Danger of False Narratives: Al-Shabaab’s Faux Ivory Trade

This is a guest post by Jessica L. Anderson, a PhD student in political science at the George Washington University. Elephants are being slaughtered and their tusks sold, in order to finance deadly …

Tusks_Jessica Blog

May 30, 2013

Fossil Fuels
Does OPEC Matter? Jeff Colgan Responds

Last week, I blogged about a forthcoming paper in IO that argues that OPEC doesn’t have a significant impact on oil prices. In this post, Jeff Colgan, the author, offers a thoughtful response. A few …

May 24, 2016

Trade
Jeff Immelt of GE Gives The Most Important Foreign Policy Speech of the Year

The most important foreign policy speech of the year so far was delivered not by any of the presidential candidates, nor by any of their advisors, nor by President Obama or his officials. It was give…

Jeff Immelt Reuters

March 1, 2024

Maternal and Child Health
Women This Week: Food Scarcity Having Severe Impact on Children and Pregnant Women in Gaza

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 24 to March 1.

Palestinian women and children wait to collect drinking water amid shortages, at a tent camp sheltering people who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 28, 2024.

March 17, 2008

Economics
Trading up — Jeff Frankel and Rachel Ziemba will be guest blogging this week

I will be away most of this week and will not be posting regularly. In the interim though, the quality of this blog is likely to go up.Jeff Frankel of Harvard (who recently started his own blog) h…