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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 7, 2012
Defense and Security
Hello, François Hollande: President of France
Streaks are made to be broken. After seventeen years on the outside looking in, a Socialist Party candidate has finally returned to the French presidency. François Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy b…
December 8, 2014
Global
Ten Elections to Watch in 2015
Numerous countries will hold elections in 2015. Here are ten to watch.
October 20, 2015
You Might Have Missed: Recent Academic Journal Findings III
This is the third blog post in this series. The previous two were published in February and July, and highlight earlier academic findings. Elizabeth N. Saunders, “War and the Inner Circle: Democrat…
June 15, 2016
Fossil Fuels
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Policy Response to Oil Price Volatility?
This guest post is authored by Jason Bordoff, professor of professional practice and founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Publi…
February 13, 2006
Monetary Policy
It is back. Bretton Woods 2 (central bank financing of the US)
Some would say it never really went away.Emerging market economies did not stop accumulating reserves in 2005. Best I can tell, adjusting for valuation effects and including all the foreign assets o…