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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 26, 2017
Venezuela
Can Venezuela Resurrect Its Economy?
President Nicolas Maduro has neither the desire nor the capacity to institute the market reforms and debt restructuring needed to revive Venezuela’s sinking economy, says economist Ricardo Hausmann.
January 8, 2009
Ukraine
The Business and Politics Behind the Russia-Ukraine Gas Dispute
Jeffrey Mankoff, an expert on Russia, says the dispute that led Russia to cut off natural gas to Ukraine has its origins in differences over pricing as well as Ukraine’s interest in closer ties with …
September 21, 2009
India
India’s Climate Change Forecast
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh says India plans to outline unilateral greenhouse gas emissions cuts soon. But he says rich states must commit to greater cuts of their own before developing countr…
March 23, 2016
Belgium
Brussels Bombings Threaten European Unity
The twin bombings in Brussels have exposed the need for closer European security cooperation at the same time that anti-EU political forces are on the rise, says expert Ian Lesser.
October 7, 2008
Climate Change
Climate Change Expert Worries Financial Crisis Will be ’Excuse’ to Delay Action
The UN special envoy on climate change for Papua New Guinea discusses the implications the financial crisis has for international efforts on climate change.