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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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April 8, 2008
United States
Council’s 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award Shortlist Announced
The Council has announced the seventh annual Arthur Ross Book Award shortlist nominees for the best book published in the last two years on international affairs. The award consists of a $30,000 fir…
November 3, 2014
United States
Ten Histories of the Cold War Worth Reading
Sunday marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For those of us who grew up during the Cold War it was an unforgettable moment—one we hoped for but didn’t necessarily expect…
May 12, 2008
Global
Paul Collier’s Bottom Billion Wins CFR’s 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Oxford University Press), by Paul Collier, professor of economics and director of the Center for the Study of …
June 5, 2012
United States
TWE Remembers: The Marshall Plan
Most commencement addresses are forgettable. The speaker gives some advice on how to live a productive life, advice that typically means more to the wistful parents in the audience recalling the mist…
September 12, 2011
9/11
Seven Best Books on 9/11 and the U.S. Response
The best books written on the 9/11 attacks and on how the U.S. government has responded in the decade since then.
