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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 7, 2006
China
Tyler Cowen apparently did not read my China testimony! The RMB’s value does influence trade flows
The New York Times’ conservative columnists certainly know how to get my blood boiling. David Brooks, among other things, apparently thinks the key to a hedge fund salary is good people skills – not…
January 23, 2012
Middle East and North Africa
How to Help Syria without Intervening Militarily
The Arab League met yesterday to assess its observer mission to Syria so far and to consider further steps. Syria’s reprehensible behavior and the Arab League’s inability to stop it will doubtlessly …
December 2, 2007
China
China: selling Treasuries and buying yen? What do we know about how China manages its foreign assets?
Put the latest from Stratfor and Yves Smith (Naked Capitalism) together, and it seems like China may be scaling back on its holdings of US treasuries in order to buy yen. Stratfor hints that China m…
March 30, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Obama’s Open Mic Gaffe
Above the Fold. President Obama got himself into hot water this week when he was overhead telling Russian president Dmitri Medvedev he would have “more flexibility” on issues like missile defense aft…
June 24, 2011
United States
Libya: "Justifications" for Intervention
Rebels fighters are reflected on a side mirror at the front line in Ajdabiyah June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany As anyone who reads this blog probably knows, I have been a critic of the U…
