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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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March 14, 2013
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Technological Change and the Frontiers of Global Governance
The history of global governance is in many respects the story of international adapation to new technologies. As breakthroughs emerge, sovereign governments have tried to craft common standards and …
January 28, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: “Friday of Wrath” Tests the Obama Administration
An anti-government protester defaces a picture of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria. (Courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Just three days after delivering a State of the Union Address that…
August 1, 2006
United States
How long can the US retain a comparative advantage as a “storehouse for wealth”
If foreigners investing in the US keep doing so badly? That would be my question for John Makin. I don’t doubt the superior liquidity of US markets. I realize that there are only so…
December 21, 2011
Guest Post: Laurie Garrett on Man-Made Deadly Flu
Health workers pack dead chicken at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong December 21, 2011. Workers began culling 17,000 chickens at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a de…
January 13, 2007
United States
The more the dollar falls, the more dollars you need to buy …
That, more or less, is the conclusion of “portfolio balance” models of global capital flows. The dollar tanks. Its share of your portfolio falls. So sell euros (or RMB) and buy dollars to keep…