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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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December 11, 2013
Military Operations
Guest Post: The Humans Behind Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Priscilla Kim is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. The U.S. Air Force trains more remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots than traditional fighter and…
April 27, 2006
Unpleasant balance of payments math — why the interest rate matters for dark matter
Bill Cline of the IIE rightly took Nouriel and me to task (politely) for assuming that the average return on US FDI abroad would equal the average return on foreign FDI in the US in our 2004 paper on…
June 3, 2011
Military Operations
Cyber Attacks and Military Responses
Today, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is attending the tenth annual Asian Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. On the sidelines of the sessions, Secretary Gates is scheduled to …
July 22, 2011
Congresses and Parliaments
Friday File: Debt Deal Deadline
President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press on the debt talks on July 19, 2011. (Jason Reed/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. When I was a college professor I always warned my students not…
December 23, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Three Good News Stories—Latin America, Burma, and HIV/AIDS Prevention
The headquarters of Brazil's central bank in Brasilia. (Ueslei Marcelino/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The newspapers spread across my desk are a sea of bad news. Iraq looks to be descending onc…
