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Introduction
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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July 1, 1998
Capital Flows
Capital Flows and the International Financial Architecture
Overview This paper addresses the questions that arose out of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998, specifically whether or not financial liberality is inherently beneficial. Several notable sc…
July 1, 1999
International Law
Toward an International Criminal Court?
Read an excerpt of "Toward an International Criminal Court?" Overview Backed by strong international support, the formation of a permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) will soon replace t…
November 17, 1999
Trade
Who Decides? Congress and the Debate Over Trade Policy in 1934 and 1974
Introduction Governor Adlai E. Stevenson thought trade policy was boring; he once described it as one field where the greatest need is for fresh clichés. He had a point. In the long period that th…
September 1, 2000
Budget, Debt, and Deficits
Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy
Overview Though threats to American security have changed dramatically in the last decade, U.S. defense policy and military forces look a lot like they did during the closing days of the Cold War…
August 24, 2001
Immigration and Migration
Rethinking the Line
600 luminaries, including Texas Governor Rick Perry and Governor Tomas Yarrington of Tamaulipas, Mexico gathered in Edinburg, Texas on August 22 to chat up the border. The agenda of the U.S.-Mexico B…
