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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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October 15, 2012
Development
How Well Do Countries Fulfill Economic and Social Rights?
The UN Human Rights Council will hold its 14th Universal Periodic Review this month to evaluate human rights practices in fourteen member states from across the globe. Countries are bound under inte…
February 9, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
TWE Remembers: Enrique Dupuy de Lôme
A leaked cable helped propel the United States into the war that marked its emergence as a global power.
February 15, 2012
Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: The Sinking of the USS Maine
The fate of the USS Maine galvanized the United States toward war with Spain.
May 12, 2008
Capital Flows
Sovereign Economic Development Funds ….
Sovereign funds argue that they are only interested in financial returns. And to be sure, they do care about financial returns. Losing money generally isn’t good for a sovereign fund’s long-term h…
October 22, 2012
Health
Holding Countries Accountable for Social and Economic Rights
Last week I introduced the SERF Index, a new measurement tool my colleagues Susan Randolph, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, and I have built to evaluate social and economic rights fulfillment. The new index shed…
