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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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November 24, 2015
Europe and Eurasia
How Low Can Mario Go?
In September 2014 the European Central Bank lowered its deposit rate to an all-time low of -0.2 percent, after which ECB President Mario Draghi declared that rates were “now at the lower bound.” W…
February 8, 2013
Politics and Government
The World Next Week: Obama Gives the State of the Union Address, Mario Draghi Visits Spain, and Bahrain’s Monarchy Talks to the Opposition
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed President Obama’s State of the Union address, European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi’s speech to the Spanish parliament, and…
February 14, 2024
Ecuador
Can Ecuador Avoid Becoming a Narco-State
Criminal groups have captured parts of the state. A broad political coalition must fight corruption and root them out.
June 12, 2019
Global Governance
It’s the Global Economy, Stupid!
Experts from the Council of Councils rank managing the global economy the second highest priority on the global agenda and graded the world's performance on the issue a middling C+.
June 27, 2017
South America
South America's Turn to Deadlock
Scholars of Latin America spent much of the first decade of this century discussing the causes and consequences of the region's turn to the left, under Venezuela's Chávez, Argentina's Kirchners, Braz…
