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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 27, 2020
Ireland
Ireland Really Shouldn't be Driving the Details of the Euro Area's GDP Data
The euro area GDP data—thanks to Ireland—is increasingly telling us more about the tax strategies of large U.S. firms and less about the actual composition of activity in the euro area. Large investm…
May 29, 2018
Canada
Is Canada Back? Trudeau’s Peacekeeping Promises Are Not Enough
Trudeau’s pledged UN peacekeeping contributions are an important step toward fulfilling his foreign policy promises, but if he is serious about renewing Canada’s leadership in peacekeeping, it is not…
January 7, 2010
North Korea
North and South Korean New Year’s Resolutions
North Korea has traditionally utilized the new year to set priorities and provide guidance to its people. Under Kim Jong Il, this guidance has come out in the form of a combined New Year’s editorial …
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…
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 …
