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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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December 4, 2023
United States
Congress Can Help Make Housing Affordable—It Just Has to Act
The Barrister Apartments in downtown Cincinnati, slated to open early next year, are a housing policy success story. Financed with federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, it is the first investment i…
April 1, 2024
RealEcon
Policymaking Is All About Trade-Offs
In crafting a new international economic policy that works for Americans and advances U.S. interests, policymakers will have to weigh multiple trade-offs.
December 16, 2021
China
What Was the Summit for Democracy Really About?
The Biden administration’s goal in organizing a Summit for Democracy isn’t simply about bolstering democracy. It is also about bolstering democracy to sideline a rising non-democratic country — China…
June 21, 2019
Election 2020
Issue Guide: The First 2020 Democratic Presidential Debates
The Democratic field could touch on a number of foreign policy issues, from climate change to Iran, during its first prime-time sparring session.
May 23, 2019
United States
Trump's Next Fed Nominee Wants a Gold Standard. It's an Idea Past Its Time.
In January 1986, Ronald Reagan marched into a meeting of his economic advisory board and let off steam about inflation. “I used to pay $50 for a suit,” he fumed. “Now $50 will hardly get it cleaned.”…
March 6, 2020
International Criminal Court
The ICC’s Probe Into Atrocities in Afghanistan: What to Know
The ICC appeals chamber’s decision to move ahead on an investigation of grave abuses by combatants in Afghanistan, including U.S. forces, marks an unprecedented move that is likely to arouse intensiv…
