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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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January 13, 2012
Asia
U.S. Restores Diplomatic Relations With Myanmar
News today that the administration would restore full diplomatic relations with Myanmar, placing an ambassador in the country, should be seen as another sign of the rapid reentry of Myanmar into the …
January 20, 2012
Asia
Washington Post Interview with Thein Sein
Today’s Washington Post has an extended interview with Burmese president Thein Sein, who met Post senior associate editor Lally Weymouth. The interview is fascinating simply because of its novelty: B…
February 13, 2012
North Korea
Some Worrying Signs in Myanmar
Over the past year, the news from Myanmar has been overwhelmingly positive, for the first time in decades. The latest U.S. official who may apparently visit the onetime pariah is Central Intelligence…
April 24, 2012
Heads of State and Government
Is Oil Shale the Next Big Energy Battle?
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing last week titled “Tapping America’s Unconventional Oil Resources for Job Creation and Affordable Domestic Energy: Technology & Pol…
May 4, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Preterm Births, and Robot Soldiers
AFP, “U.S.-Afghan Pact ‘Does Not Rule Out Drone Strikes,’” May 3, 2012. The pact between the United States and Afghanistan could leave the door open for continued drone strikes against insurgent tar…
