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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 12, 2024
China
China’s New Currency Peg
The peg that shall not be named, and all the trouble that creates.
January 13, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
Ariel Sharon, R.I.P.
Former prime minister of Israel Ariel Sharon was buried today. In Commentary Magazine, I offered my thoughts about the passing of a man I worked with closely during his years as prime minister, and …
January 11, 2014
United States
Israel’s Ariel Sharon: Always Seizing the Offensive
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon began every meeting I ever attended with U.S. officials with a greeting that always made me chuckle: “You are mostly welcome.” That welcome revealed his flawed Engl…
February 27, 2024
Asia
Taiwan’s 2024 Election Outcomes: Balancing Domestic Challenges and International Relations
This blog post originated from a recent discussion by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin in the Winston Lord Roundtable Series on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy, where she debriefed the rece…
February 9, 2024
Global
Central Bank Currency Swaps Tracker
Introduction Since the financial crisis of 2007, central banks around the world have entered into a multitude of bilateral currency swap agreements with one another. These agreements allow a centr…
March 10, 2024
China
China’s Record Manufacturing Surplus
The U.S. likes talking about the dominance of the dollar. But don’t short-change China’s current dominance of manufacturing trade. Trade imbalances need to be taken seriously again.
June 27, 2013
Cybersecurity
Sharone Tobias: Internet and Press Freedom in Taiwan
Sharone Tobias is a Research Associate for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Earlier this month, Taiwanese Internet advocacy groups succeeded in shutting down an anti-piracy bill sim…
