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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 23, 2011
Political Movements
The Arab Uprisings: Initial Observations
CFR's Robert Danin details the causes that sparked the Arab Spring and projects what the outcome from these uprisings may be.
July 12, 2007
United States
The Shifting Capital of Capital
New York remains a global heavyweight in financial services, but markets in London and East Asia are gaining strength and posing a serious challenge to the Big Apple.
December 4, 2014
China
Alisha Sud: China’s Investments in Brazil Spark Public Concern
Alisha Sud is an intern for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. In October, Baidu, China’s top search engine, bought Peixe Urbano, Brazil’s largest internet marketplace for local comme…
March 15, 2007
United States
Capital inflows to the US resumed in January …
That shouldn't be a total surprise. You cannot run a $850-860b current account deficit for long if you cannot borrow from the world. December's roughly $15b net outflows simply wasn't sustainable…
October 7, 2006
Financial Markets
Italian (oil) realism
Paolo Scaroni (interviewed by Jad Mouawad in the New York Times) points out that if Americans continue to drive SUVs with oil at $60 a barrel, oil isn't all that high. Scaroni heads an oil company (…