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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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May 6, 2019
India
Sustainability, Urban Concerns, and the Indian Elections
General elections for India’s lower house of parliament began on April 11 and will last through May 19, with all ballots counted on May 23. This is the world’s largest democratic exercise. I had the …
September 27, 2008
Monetary Policy
It seems like so long ago ... documenting the role foreign central banks played in the US decision to backstop the Agencies
It is hard to believe that only three week have passed since the US government effectively took over the Agencies. Friday’s Wall Street Journal provided something of a post-mortem. And it sure se…
August 11, 2011
Elections and Voting
Five Foreign Policy Questions for Tonight’s GOP Presidential Debate
A cornfield in Atalissa, Iowa. (Jessica Rinaldi/courtesy Reuters) Republican presidential candidates are gathering tonight in Ames, Iowa for their third debate. Jon Huntsman, who hadn’t yet joined t…
June 5, 2015
The Danger of False Narratives: Al-Shabaab’s Faux Ivory Trade
This is a guest post by Jessica L. Anderson, a PhD student in political science at the George Washington University. Elephants are being slaughtered and their tusks sold, in order to finance deadly …
July 24, 2012
China
China Moves Forward on Cybersecurity Policy
Last week, the State Council issued a new policy opinion for promoting the development of Chinese information technology and information security. In the State Council’s view, “international competit…
