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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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May 3, 2016
Asia
How Could the Philippines’ Money Laundering Woes Affect Overseas Workers?
Rachel Brown is a research associate in Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. In February, $81 million stolen from the central bank of Bangladesh’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of…
February 18, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Whatever Happened to “Human Rights?”
Lawyers hold a protest march to commemorate Human Rights Day in Harare, Zimbabwe, December 9, 2010. (Philimon Bulawayo/Courtesy Reuters) One of the more bizarre aspects of the Obama Administration’s…
June 14, 2018
Women and Women's Rights
Cryptocurrencies for Change: Why We Need Women on the Blockchain
As blockchain and cryptocurrencies pioneer new frontiers in finance and beyond, we should be worried about the industry's gender disparity.
April 3, 2015
United States
Yemen: The Worst Reason for War
The excellent New York Times journalists David K. Kirkpatrick and Kareem Fahim have an article tacking stock of the nine-day old Saudi-led air campaign against Houthi and Houthi-affiliated fighting f…
January 18, 2017
Wars and Conflict
Global Agenda: President Trump and the Laws of War
This blog post is part of a series entitled Global Agenda, in which experts will identify major global challenges facing President-Elect Trump, the options available to him, and what is at stake for …
