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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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February 24, 2012
Defense and Security
Friday File: Quran Burning and the End of the Afghan War
Above the Fold. The protests that have erupted across Afghanistan this week in the wake of the news that coalition forces burned several Qurans have laid bare the gulf that continues to exist, and ma…
December 29, 2016
Heads of State and Government
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2016
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
May 9, 2016
Asia
Five Questions About Punjab’s Protection of Women Against Violence Bill
The Five Questions Series is a forum for scholars, government officials, civil society leaders, and foreign policy practitioners to provide timely analysis of new developments related to the advancem…
December 29, 2014
International Organizations
The Arms Trade Treaty: Time to Celebrate?
Below is a guest post by Naomi Egel, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Though armed conflict endures, 2014 closes with a bit of good news: the Arms …
April 12, 2012
United States
U.S. Foreign Policy and Inflated Threats
On February 15, General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee: “I can’t impress upon you that in my personal military judgment, formed over th…
