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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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April 12, 2006
United States
Watch for imports to surge in March
China's March trade surplus topped $11b - and its goods exports were a very impressive $78 billion. China February surplus was about $2.5 billion, and its exports only 54.1 billion. China had an im…
November 26, 2005
Economics
Kansas is flat, the world is not …
To paraphrase the New Economist, the Financial Times must think the world is flat. They just gave Tom Friedman the inaugural Financial Times/ Goldman Sachs book prize last week - for a book based on…
June 3, 2011
Military Operations
Cyber Attacks and Military Responses
Today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is attending the tenth annual Asian Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. On the sidelines of the sessions, Secretary Gates is scheduled to …
January 5, 2022
South Africa
Reflections: Former Asst. Sec. for Africa Walter Kansteiner on the George W. Bush Administration's Zimbabwe Policy
Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner reflects on his dealing with former South African President Thabo Mbeki in formulating U.S. policy toward Zimbabwe from 2001 to 2003.
August 9, 2013
Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Drone Strikes in Yemen, AQAP, Kissinger on Africa
Maria Abi-Habib, Margaret Coker, and Siobhan Gorman, Yemen Steps Back From Terror-Plot Claims, Highlighting U.S.’s Challenge, The Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2013. Estimates vary about the number…
