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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 25, 2011
Defense and Security
Is Operation Odyssey Dawn Constitutional? Obama Versus the Framers
I noted in a post earlier today that President Obama can make a credible legal case—if he were ever forced to make one—that he had all the authority he needed to order Operation Odyssey Dawn. But his…
July 27, 2011
Human Rights
Egypt: Her Excellency, Madame President?
Women show ink on their fingers after they cast their ballots in the second round of Egypt's parliamentary election in Egypt (Asmaa Waguih/Courtesy Reuters) My friend, Bassem Sabry, weighs in on the…
December 28, 2011
Brazil
2011 Trends in Latin America: The Region’s Presidents Battle Cancer
Presidents Chavez of Venezuela, Fernandez of Argentina and Rousseff of Brazil chat while posing for a family photo during the CELAC summit in Caracas (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Courtesy Reuters). As 201…
January 17, 2012
Egypt
Guest Post: Egypt Revisited
Today’s post features a guest blog by Nervana Mahmoud, a British-Egyptian anesthesiologist and blogger known to many through her commentary on Twitter as @Nervana_1. She recently returned to Egypt an…
March 23, 2012
Friday File: Cherry Trees Blossom in Washington, DC
Above the Fold. Washington, DC, owes a huge debt of gratitude to Tokyo. It was one hundred years ago next Tuesday that Japan’s largest city gave our nation’s capital 3,000 cherry trees to plant along…
