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November 28, 2017
United Nations
A Conversation With Jeffrey Feltman
Jeffrey Feltman discusses his five years as undersecretary-general for political affairs at the United Nations (UN), the role of the UN in mediating and preventing conflict, and the relationship betw…
March 10, 2023
Venezuela
Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate
Venezuela’s descent into economic and political chaos in recent years is a cautionary tale of the dangerous influence that resource wealth can have on developing countries.
May 9, 2013
Economic Crises
A Conversation with Jeffrey M. Lacker
Jeffrey M. Lacker discusses "too big to fail" protection for financial institutions and credible alternatives to this policy.
February 6, 2023
United States
Women in the 118th Congress: Halting Progress, Storm Clouds Ahead
Women made modest gains in representation in the 2022 Congressional midterms but the path for women's issues in the 118th Congress is uncertain.
January 17, 2013
Japan
Jeffrey W. Hornung: Japan, a Consequential Power
This blog post is part of a series entitled Is Japan in Decline?, in which leading experts analyze Japan’s economy, politics, and society and give their assessment of Japan’s future. The debate over…
October 31, 2011
China
Historical Precedents for Internationalization of the RMB
Overview The twentieth century saw the rise of the U.S. dollar, the German mark, and the Japanese yen as international currencies. Now the Chinese renminbi is on a similar course toward reserve cu…
March 14, 2006
Global
Global Poverty: A Conversation with Jeffrey D. Sachs
As director of the Earth Institute and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Jeffrey Sachs is renowned for his work toward solving some of the world’s most difficult economi…
May 9, 2013
Economic Crises
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics with Jeffrey M. Lacker
The C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics is presented by the Corporate Program and the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies.
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…
January 19, 2023
Disasters
U.S. Preparedness for Nuclear and Radiological Threats
J. Andrés Gannon, Stanton nuclear security fellow at CFR, discusses the likelihood of Russian deployment and use of nuclear missiles against Ukraine or its allies, and the implications for the United…
