Council of Councils
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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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March 27, 2013
United States
Between Barack, Bibi, and Tayyip
There has been much ink spilled in the last week over the rapprochement between Israel and Turkey. I have been somewhat reluctant to weigh-in if only because I was fairly certain that reconciliation…
December 9, 2011
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Appeasement, Apologies, and Accuracy
President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House on December 8, 2011. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters) Three weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, and the campaign rhetoric is h…
November 19, 2011
United States
TWE Remembers: The Gettysburg Address
On this day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Four months earlier Union forces had repelled the Confederate army at the …
June 14, 2011
Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Hello Michele Bachmann, GOP Presidential Candidate
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill on March 31, 2011. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters) Michele Bachmann made some news at last night’s rather sedate GOP presidential …
December 17, 2010
Defense and Security
The World Next Week
The podcast for the The World Next Week is up. Bob McMahon and I sat down to talk about the U.N. Security Council’s upcoming debate of its Afghanistan mission; the Obama administration’s Afghan strat…
