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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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July 9, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Posner Questions Software Patents
Federal Judge Richard Posner—who recently tossed a major patent case between Apple and Google last month—questions the value of patents in software (Reuters). Posner argues that while innovations in …
September 1, 2022
Ukraine
IAEA Visits Ukrainian Nuclear Plant, UK Selects New Prime Minister, Chileans Vote on Constitution, and More
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visits the recently shelled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russia-occupied Ukraine; the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party chooses the country’s ne…
March 4, 2013
Human Rights
Reflections on the Obama Administration's Human Rights Policies and the Way Forward
Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner discusses the Obama administration's human rights agenda, as well as global human rights challenges and opportunities.
March 4, 2013
Human Rights
Reflections on the Obama Administration’s Human Rights Policies and the Way Forward
Assistant Secretary Michael Posner will discuss the Obama Administration's human rights agenda and global human rights challenges and opportunities, more broadly.
November 4, 2009
Economic Crises
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics: Fiscal Irresponsibility Clouds the Future of the United States
Watch Richard A. Posner, judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, analyze how past fiscal irresponsibility has led to c…