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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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April 4, 2013
Asia
New From CFR: Joshua Kurlantzick on Democracy’s Woes
In an interview and op-ed last week, CFR fellow Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes the setbacks facing democracy as autocratic powers such as China and Russia advance their own political philosophies in the…
April 1, 2024
China
Is a TikTok Ban Coming?
American lawmakers look increasingly willing to ban the popular app TikTok due to its parent company’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
April 8, 2024
Vietnam
Vietnamese Politics Tries to Pretend its Placid—But It’s Not
The Vietnamese government tries to project an air of stability and competency, but recent corruption scandals and a looming succession crisis have tarnished the leadership’s image.
December 27, 2023
Southeast Asia
The Specter of Transnational Repression
A recent report by Freedom House demonstrates the widespread normalization of transnational repression.
March 1, 2013
Development
New From CFR: Joshua Kurlantzick on ASEAN Economic Growth
This week on CFR’s Asia Unbound blog, CFR fellow Joshua Kurlantzick analyzes a new article from the Asia Sentinel about ASEAN countries’ exceptional economic growth. As he writes: ...ASEAN is benefi…
January 11, 2013
Energy and Environment
New From CFR: Joshua Kurlantzick on Indonesia’s Infrastructure and Growth
Yesterday on CFR’s Asia Unbound blog, CFR fellow Joshua Kurlantzick suggested that resource nationalism could threaten Indonesia’s economic development. As he argues: There is certainly nothing wron…
May 17, 2016
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The 1990 U.S. Pledge to the Soviet Union on NATO Expansion: A Conversation with Joshua Shifrinson
I speak with Joshua Itzkowitz Shifrinson, an assistant professor at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service and author of “Deal or No Deal? The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer…