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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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October 25, 2013
United States
Against Spying on Foreign Leaders
Reading the news stories about alleged U.S. spying on Angela Merkel’s cell phone, an old memory came to mind. In the Reagan second term I was Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs,…
October 9, 2006
United States
Stephen Jen, Eternal optimist
Apparently, the US fiscal deficit is set to disappear and the US current account deficit has peaked. At least it has in Stephen Jen-land. In his latest email Jen writes: “US’s corporate revenues ar…
October 17, 2013
United States
Turkey: Spies Like Us
I co-authored this piece with my friend and colleague, Michael Koplow, author of the blog Ottomans and Zionists. Ehud Barak’s political instincts have never been great, but his security instincts ar…
January 25, 2007
Economics
Sometimes I agree with Dr. Jen
I rather suspect I favor a bigger and faster appreciation of the RMB over time than does Dr. Jen, but I very much agree with his argument for a bit more RMB appreciation in the near term. Stephen J…
July 8, 2011
Syria
Syria Spies on American Protesters
In a remarkable revelation today , the State Department acknowledged that the Syrian Embassy in Washington is tracking Americans, and Syrians visiting or living in the United States, who protest agai…