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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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May 18, 2009
Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan Conflict
Sri Lanka’s government has scored a string of wins in its long-standing civil war with Tamil militants. But it faces the challenge of integrating its Tamil minority.
May 20, 2009
Sri Lanka
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, separatists)
A profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist terrorist group that seeks an independent state in areas in Sri Lanka inhabited by ethnic Tamils.
September 23, 2009
International Organizations
Twenty Agendas at G-20, Part II
Leaders attending the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh will seek to forge agreements to buoy a global economic recovery and repair financial imbalances that contributed to the recession.
May 22, 2015
Asia
Building the New Silk Road
The United States and China have developed competing visions for reviving ancient trade routes connecting Asia and Europe. The U.S. diplomatic strategy focuses on Afghanistan, while China hopes to ec…
October 12, 2021
United States
Corporate Taxes in a Globalized World
A group of more than one hundred countries has agreed to a historic rewrite of global tax rules. Here’s what to know.
