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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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June 24, 2011
United States
Libya: "Justifications" for Intervention
Rebels fighters are reflected on a side mirror at the front line in Ajdabiyah June 22, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany As anyone who reads this blog probably knows, I have been a critic of the U…
December 9, 2011
Middle East Matters This Week: Syria Stonewalls and Iran Accuses
Anti-government protesters pray next to the bodies of people who were among the Sunni Muslims killed on Wednesday, in Hula near Homs November 2, 2011. Syrian activists said on Wednesday that security…
August 20, 2012
Defense and Security
Armed Drones and the Hunt for bin Laden
Today is the fourteenth anniversary of the best chance the United States had to kill Osama bin Laden before he led al-Qaeda to plan and carry out the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In addition to failing…
July 26, 2007
Economics
It is now (almost) official: q1 dollar reserve growth exceeded the US current account deficit …
The BIS reported data on central banks’ accumulation of dollars in the international banking system today (Table 5c). Central banks added $24.5b to their dollar holdings – but also repaid $53.5b i…