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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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July 2, 2009
Financial Markets
"A more balanced economy might allow the world to live with a less perfect financial system"
Mike Dooley and Peter Garber argue (at VoxEU) that the recent crisis has nothing to do with “Bretton Woods 2” -- an international monetary system where reserve growth in the “periphery” financed defi…
August 19, 2011
International Organizations
A "Global" War on Terror: Multilateral Achievements since 9/11
A student lifts a placard as he and others line up to take part in a march to condemn the recent bomb attacks in the city (Danish Siddiqui/Courtesy Reuters). As we approach the ten…
June 21, 2005
Emerging Markets
Fantasy based opeds in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal oped page clearly has discovered the joys of post-modernism. Facts are a social construction -- and inconvenient facts can be changed to fit your preferred narrative.That is…
February 10, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Xi Jinping Visits President Obama at the White House
Above the Fold. The hot topic in Washington this weekend—assuming that the rumor of Kim Jong Un’s assassination is just that—is the upcoming Valentine’s Day meeting between President Obama and Xi Jin…
December 14, 2006
China
Paulson in Beijing: Can’t get no satisfaction
That is what William Hess argues in Newsweek International. China cannot give Paulson what he wants without jeopardizing its domestic goals. Hess writes:"Secretary Paulson will likely return home e…