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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 13, 2007
United States
Richard Iley on the US current account deficit
Richard IleyBrad Setser: Richard Iley of BNP Paribas – the author, with Mervyn Lewis, of a new book on the US current account deficit --- doesn’t see the world quite the way I do. I put a l…
December 30, 2007
China
Does the China investment corporation (CIC) have a coherent investment strategy?
I personally would say no. And I am not alone. Tan Wei of mergermarket.com reports (in the FT) “a source familiar with the Chinese government’s thinking … who has direct access to the Chinese g…
August 29, 2008
German Government and Business Responses to Sovereign Wealth
Note: This piece is by Rachel Ziemba of RGE Monitor, where this piece first appeared. Last week, the German cabinet approved a new takeover new law which (primarily) would make it easier to block …
March 11, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Is Obama “Dithering” on Libya?
Anti-Qaddafi protesters attend Friday prayers today in Benghazi. (Suhaib Salem/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Is President Obama dithering on Libya? The president’s critics certainly think so and…
