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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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April 28, 2008
Financial Markets
$120 oil and the rise of the Gulf
The Economist put the Gulf on its cover this week. It isn’t hard to see why. The Gulf was booming with oil at $ 60 a barrel. It is roaring with oil at close to $120 a barrel. Consider the follow…
July 3, 2018
Fossil Fuels
Presidential Oil Tweets, Oil Prices, and the Cycle
U.S. presidential jawboning about oil prices has continued to grab headlines this week, with President Trump telling Fox News on Sunday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) i…
September 24, 2012
Riots, Rage, Videos, Politics, and Free Speech
How should Americans, and the U.S. government, react when some statement (in a book, video, tweet, or whatever medium) is made that insults a religion--and violence follows? Even this soon after the…
February 13, 2014
India
The Limits of Speech in India
India is the world’s largest democracy, with possibly the world’s largest number of political parties (six national, twenty-two regional, and 1500+ official unrecognized parties), and what must surel…
March 25, 2015
Libya
Who’s Afraid of Negotiations?
My intern, Alex Decina, wrote this terrific post on the current state of play in Libya. I hope you find it interesting and useful.Last Thursday could have been an important day for Libya. It could ha…
