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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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February 16, 2012
United States
Defense Spending, Special Operations, and Secrecy
After the release of the Pentagon’s core budget request of $525 billion for fiscal year 2013, pundits are picking the winners and losers. While the defense budget has increased by 45 percent from $36…
February 17, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Al-Qaeda, Post-Qaddafi Libya, and the Interrupters
“The Nutrition Puzzle: Why Do So Many People in Poor Countries Eat So Badly—And What Can Be Done About It?” The Economist, February 18, 2012. Even where there is enough food, people do not seem…
February 25, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Israel, Food Aid, and the Iranian Nuclear Program
International Atomic Energy Agency, Report on the Islamic Republic of Iran (PDF), February 24, 2012. Ehud Eiran, “What Happens After Israel Attacks Iran,” Foreign Affairs, February 23, 2012. …
March 2, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Americans Out of Egypt
Above the Fold. The six Americans charged with violating Egypt’s civil-society laws finally got to come home last night. The National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute p…
March 5, 2012
China
China’s March Madness—Not Jeremy Lin but Lei Feng
In late February, New York-based Global Times writer Rong Xiaoqing published a piece on Jeremy Lin and the “Hunger for Heroes in the U.S.” In her piece, Rong argues that the United States—and democra…
