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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 31, 2007
United States
Roach on globalization and China
Stephen Roach made three arguments last Friday. I disagree with two of them, but agree with the third. And the third is by far the most important. But before getting to the point of agreement, the…
December 27, 2017
United States
Ten American Foreign Policy Influentials Who Died in 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, here are ten influential U.S. foreign policy figures who passed away this year.
September 10, 2014
Conflict Prevention
Ebola Reveals Gaps in Global Epidemic Response
Coauthored with Daniel Chardell, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Jan Eliasson, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), calls t…
December 7, 2015
Climate Change
Molina and Zaelke: Cutting Short-Lived Pollutants Can Give Quick Wins on Warming
Policymakers should look to reductions in potent, short-lived pollutants to reduce warming faster than cuts to carbon dioxide emissions alone, write Nobel Prize-winner Mario Molina and Institute for …
November 19, 2010
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Obama Heads to Lisbon
Above the Fold. President Obama’s scheduler must be nursing a grudge. Last Sunday the president returned from what had to be an exhausting ten-day, around-the-world trip that took him to four coun…
February 25, 2011
Politics and Government
Friday File: Washington Braces for the Showdown over the Government Shutdown
Senate Budget Committee Ranking member Jeff Sessions and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan speak in response to President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 budget in Washington. (Jason Reed/cou…
