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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 15, 2013
Politics and Government
Hello, Xi Jinping: President of China
Good news comes in threes. Just ask Xi Jinping. Back in November he was named Secretary General of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission. Yesterday he picke…
April 3, 2012
United States
Ask the Experts: Will America ’Win’ in Afghanistan?
Last fall, a two-part question circulated throughout the Pentagon: Can the United States win in Afghanistan? Will the United States win in Afghanistan? In this case, “win” meant accomplishing the st…
July 2, 2015
United States
You Might Have Missed: Recent Academic Journal Findings II
Six months ago, I published the first blog in this series, highlighting earlier academic findings. Jeffrey Stamp, “Aero-Static Warfare: A Brief Survey of Ballooning in Mid-nineteenth-century Siege W…
February 17, 2011
Congresses and Parliaments
Obama’s Budget Strategy
News photographers shoot stacked copies of President Barack Obama's proposed 2012 federal budget on Capitol Hill, February 14, 2011. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) President Obama unveiled hi…
December 12, 2016
Trade
Trumponomics: Can He Move Beyond Bluster to a Competitiveness Policy?
It was hard not to root for President-elect Donald Trump when he went to the Carrier air conditioning factory in Indianapolis to announce a deal to save about 800 jobs the company had planned to move…
