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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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July 12, 2008
Monetary Policy
Too Chinese (and Russian) to fail?
The epicenter of the US financial crisis now seems to have shifted to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- the government sponsored enterprises that dominate the market for US housing finance. Few inst…
October 21, 2010
India
Kyoto Lives!
I’m in India this week for a series of meetings on energy, climate, and global governance, and I’ve been reminded, once again, of how wedded some major countries still are to the Kyoto protocol. A q…
May 20, 2011
Defense and Security
Friday File: Has Congress Abandoned Its War Power?
Capitol Hill seen at sunrise. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The ringing you heard today is the timer expiring on the War Power Resolution’s sixty-day clock. Back on March 20, Presi…
September 9, 2011
Thailand
Wikileaks and Southeast Asia
Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange smiles as he arrives for his extradition hearing at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in east London (Toby Melville/Courtesy Reuters). The recent releases of new batche…
October 20, 2011
Defense and Security
Defense, Foreign Aid, and the Las Vegas Debate
GOP presidential candidates on stage at the CNN Western Republican debate in Las Vegas on October 18, 2011. R(Richard Brian/courtesy Reuters) I like political debates. They offer candidates a chance…
