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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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October 28, 2005
United States
Who would sit on today’s “committee to save the world”
That is one of many interesting issues raised by Times selectman Floyd Norris today. As Norris notes, Alan Greenspan never had half the power people thought he had. All he does is set short-term (cr…
January 26, 2015
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: How Do You Know?
During one of my last semesters in graduate school, I was a teaching assistant for a course called “How Do You Know?” The goal of the class was to expose students to the way different disciplines in …
January 28, 2007
Politics and Government
The Davos lie
I am intrigued by a comment the often provacative Larry Summers made at a Davos seminar:Lawrence Summers, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Harvard University president, delivered some harsh cri…
October 11, 2016
Technology and Innovation
Four Things I Learned from Visiting Argonne National Laboratory
For seventy years, Argonne has hosted cutting-edge scientific research. The first national laboratory in the United States, Argonne was created in 1946 as an extension of the Manhattan Project to dev…
May 16, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Guest Post: A Looming Breakdown in U.S.-Pakistan Relations?
Protesters condemn the killing of Osama bin Laden in Mutlan, Pakistan on May 8, 2011. (Courtesy Reuters) My colleague, Dan Markey, has been in Islamabad for the past week doing book research. Here’s…
