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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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January 26, 2015
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: How Do You Know?
During one of my last semesters in graduate school, I was a teaching assistant for a course called “How Do You Know?” The goal of the class was to expose students to the way different disciplines in …
July 30, 2014
Human Rights
The New "Space Race" for Civil Society and Democracy
Civil society plays a central role in securing and upholding democratic governance worldwide. However, from Egypt to Russia, authoritarian governments are reverse engineering civil society’s tactics,…
February 13, 2015
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Guest Post: The Unknown Limits of Synthetic Biology
Helia Ighani is a research associate in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Since 2001, major metropolitan cities have increasingly conducted gas and chemical attac…
May 11, 2011
North Korea
The North Korea Food Aid Debate
A Chinese frontier policeman checks sacks of rice from South Korea, which will be sent to North Korea, at Dandong port, Liaoning province October 29, 2010. (Jacky Chen/Courtesy Reuters) There has …
March 11, 2010
North Korea
Rajin-Sonbong: North Korea’s (New?) Strategy to Attract Foreign Investment
I’ve been watching North Korea ramp up efforts to attract foreign investment since Jack Pritchard and I heard last November in Pyongyang from the chairman of Pyongyang’s Foreign Investment Advisory B…