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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 18, 2011
Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Hello Rick Santorum, GOP Presidential Candidate
Rick Santorum speaks during the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's Spring Event in Waukee, Iowa March 7, 2011. (Brian Frank/courtesy Reuters) Pennsylvania State University can claim many accomplishmen…
February 1, 2013
Economics
Mexico’s Democratic Malaise
During Mexico’s 2012 presidential election, many political pundits voiced their fears that the PRI’s return would bring a resurgence of the country’s less democratic past. According to new polling da…
December 30, 2011
Politics and Government
Friday File: Farewell to Iowa
The U.S. and Iowa state flags fly at a rally for Mitt Romney in West Des Moines on December 30, 2011. (Brian Snyder/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. As the Roy Schneider character says at the start…
September 28, 2005
Emerging Markets
Sovereign bankruptcy
Sovereign bankruptcy is hardly a hot topic right now. Its fifteen minutes of fame are long gone.But it briefly occupied the attention of top policy makers. And some of you may be interested in my …
December 2, 2014
Guest Post: Chinese Troops in Africa: Protecting Civilians and Oil
Sean J. Li is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. China announced in September that it would send a battalion of seven-hundred infantry soldiers to re…
