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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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February 22, 2021
Climate Change
The World Is Woefully Unprepared for Climate-Driven Natural Disasters
Disaster preparedness is hard, expensive, time-consuming, and often thankless work. Failure to invest in it can be catastrophic, however.
February 1, 2021
Democracy
After the Capitol Riot, Biden’s Summit for Democracy Is More Needed Than Ever
Now more than ever, democracy’s champions need to hang together. The Biden administration should approach its proposed Summit for Democracy in the spirit of humility rather than hubris.
August 10, 2020
Human Rights
U.S. Effort to ‘Nationalize’ Human Rights Undermines Them at Home and Abroad
The draft report of the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights provides a gift to despotic regimes and reveals the Trump administration’s hypocritical human rights policy.
August 10, 2020
Climate Change
The Case for Ecological Realism
The global environmental crisis has exposed the limitations of traditional political realism. It is time to embrace ecological realism.
December 19, 2023
Democracy
What a Democratic Russia Would Mean for the United States
When the Soviet Union collapsed more than thirty years ago, American leaders hoped that Russia would embark on a transition to free-market democracy. Shared democratic values, the thinking went, woul…
June 1, 2020
Public Health Threats and Pandemics
COVID-19 and Climate Change Will Change the Definition of National Security
The scope of national security is expanding beyond violent threats to encompass a broader array of dangers.
