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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 5, 2017
U.S. Foreign Policy
Trump to Cut Foreign Aid Budgets, Opening South and Central Asia's Door to Chinese Influence
It looks like U.S. President Donald J. Trump's plan to reduce the foreign aid budget will come at a cost to his administration's other aims in South and Central Asia. Some of the cuts come as no s…
December 17, 2010
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: The New START End Game
Above the Fold. It’s fish or cut bait time on the New START Treaty. All signs point to a vote by next Wednesday. Based on the strong vote this week to start the debate, supporters are optimistic…
August 5, 2011
Justice in Cairo?
The trial of Hosni Mubarak began this week. Throughout the world the indelible image of the former president in a cage was printed on page one of a thousand newspapers. Mubarak was a dictator, and v…
May 8, 2015
Economics
Measuring Opportunities for Digital Payments: The Global Findex 2014
Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is by Leora Klapper, lead economist …
April 1, 2016
Wars and Conflict
Women’s Participation Saves Lives, Says Congressional Hearing
“Simply put, when women are at the negotiating table, success is more likely,” said Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), opening last week’s rare full congres…
December 31, 2019
Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2019
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
