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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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May 27, 2006
Emerging Markets
Have emerging markets changed more than the markets?
Is the lesson of the most recent bout of turmoil in the emerging world “emerging market economies have changed, but the markets have not”?How have emerging economies changed since 1997, the last time…
August 20, 2007
Financial Markets
If the US dollar is now a refuge, what is the yen?
The dollar rallied a bit last week, but nothing like the yen.The Wall Street Journal’s Mark Whitehouse conflates – at least in my view -- deleveraging with safe haven flows. Deleveraging means that…
December 5, 2011
How to Attend a Talk: Etiquette for Students, Wonks, and Speakers
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks to students during his public lecture at the Diplomatic Academy in Kiev on April 4, 2010 (Courtesy Reuters/Konstantin Chernichkin). Over the past fifteen ye…
November 2, 2012
Turkey
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Salafists, Jordan’s President, and Turkey’s Republic Day
Ashraf El-Sherif provides insight into the two camps within Egyptian Salafism, both competing for legitimacy in Egypt’s new political landscape. The Jordanian blog The Black Iris offers thoughts on …
July 12, 2013
Russia
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of July 12, 2013
Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Cybersecurity the main focus of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, …
