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March 8, 2009

Financial Markets
The shadow financial system – as illustrated in three new papers that cut through the London fog

Gordon Brown wants to shine a bit more light on the shadow financial system (hat tip IPEZone). One plank of his G-20 action plan is: "reform of international regulation to close regulatory gaps so …

March 17, 2016

Cuba
Senator Menendez Speaks About the Obama Visit to Cuba

On Thursday, Sen. Robert Menendez (D, NJ) delivered a long and heartfelt statement on the floor of the United States Senate about Pres. Obama’s  forthcoming visit to Cuba. The entire text is copied b…

January 10, 2012

International Organizations
J: The New Super Office

With attention on the Republican primaries and international crises in Syria, Iran, and the eurozone, few have time to pay attention to bureaucratic politics. But while our eyes were trained elsewhe…

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Brownfield speaks with Mario Andresol, director general of the Haitian Police Force, in Port-au-Prince

April 20, 2006

Economics
The world would be a somewhat better place if …

The policy makers gathered in Washington this weekend listened to Martin Wolf's advice.  And skimmed his powerpoints.   Everyone with authority in the global economy read Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti's…

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…

A military police trooper checks a car at a checkpoint in Sanaa