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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 …
February 22, 2024
Economics
The IMF Needs to Focus on Setting Good Targets for External Debt Sustainability
The IMF has two frameworks for assessing debt sustainability. The market access country framework is more technically advanced, but it isn't delivering reasonable targets for debt restructuring cases…
May 30, 2019
South Africa
Ramaphosa Inaugurated in South Africa, U.S. Sends Delegation
At a rugby stadium in Pretoria on May 25, Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as South Africa’s fourth democratically elected president since 1994. The U.S. presidential delegation to the inauguration was headed by Kimberly A. Reed, the president of the Export-Import Bank.
January 14, 2019
Saudi Arabia
Women This Week: Saudi Arabia Stops "Secret Divorces"
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering January 5 to January 11, was compiled wit…
December 30, 2021
2021 in Review
Five Good Foreign Policy News Stories in 2021
As 2021 comes to a close, here are five positive stories on the foreign policy front that happened in the past year.
