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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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December 7, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Guest Post: Has the Kimberly Process Lost Its Sparkle?
A worker at the Botswana Diamond Valuing Company displays a rough diamond in the capital Gaborone, August 26, 2004. (Juda Ngwenya/Courtesy Reuters) My colleague, Kaysie Brown, is the interim deputy …
December 9, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: The Iran Debate Heats Up
An Iranian military base is seen near the town of Bid Kaneh in this satellite image taken on September 9, 2011. (GeoEye via Google Earth/ISIS/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The political debate o…
January 6, 2012
You Might Have Missed: Special Operations, Drones, and a No-Fly Zone on the Moon
- Kimberly Dozier, “Spec-Ops troops study to be part-spy, part-gumshoe,” Miami Herald, January 3, 2012. Major General Bennet Sacolick said he was shocked at how piecemeal intelligence gathering and …
March 9, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Syria, Iran, and Targeted Killings
Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, "The Situation in Syria," March 7, 2012. SENATOR WEBB: I want to ask you about one thing that you said, because I think we all need to think about i…
May 25, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: Yemen, Drone Wars, and More
2011 Human Rights Report: Yemen, U.S. Department of State, May 24, 2012. The government also employed air strikes against rebellious tribes in Nihm and Arhab. Human rights observers and local reside…
