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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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October 2, 2005
Europe
Germany 1, France 0? Plus some musings about the politics of globalization
I agreed with a lot of what Fareed Zakaria wrote about Germany - certainly I would agree that Germany has done a lot more reform than France over the past few years.Compare Germany with France. In Ge…
October 16, 2005
China
Is Tim Adams a closet Democrat? And some other musings on Snow’s trip to China
Clearly not, given his role in the Bush/ Cheney 2004 campaign. But he also seems to think China should develop a social insurance system to help spur domestic consumption. Read Friday's Wall Street…
June 8, 2007
Monetary Policy
When the right hand doesn’t talk to the left hand … (and some musing on this week’s move in the Treasury market)
Total “official” (central bank) holdings of Agencies at the end of q1 2007 according to the Federal Reserve’s flow of funds: $537.4b (table L107)Agencies held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York…
September 27, 2023
Diplomacy and International Institutions
A Dispiriting UNGA
Leaders devalue democracy under the guise of standing up to the West.
October 17, 2022
Immigration and Migration
Border Enforcement Won’t Solve the U.S. Migrant Crisis
When the U.S. Border Patrol tallies the arrests of those illegally crossing the border with Mexico in the past fiscal year, which finished at the end of September, the numbers will shatter a two-deca…
December 12, 2022
South Africa
Darryl G. Behrman Lecture on Africa Policy: The Legacy of Nelson Mandela
Panelists discuss the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, following the release of Mandela: The Lost Tapes, which features never-before-heard audio from interviews with Mandela for Long Walk to Freedo…
