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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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February 25, 2013
Politics and Government
Hello, Park Geun-hye: President of South Korea
Glass ceilings are made to be broken. And today Park Geun-hye smashed one when she became the first woman to be sworn in as president of South Korea. Park defeated her left-of-center opponent, Moon J…
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…
January 18, 2017
China
China’s WTO Entry, 15 Years On
Late last year Tim Duy asked for an assessment of the decision to allow China to join the WTO, now that 15 years have passed. Greg Ip met the call well before I did, in a remarkable essay. But …
November 4, 2013
Turkey
Turkey: Hello, I Must Be Going
I first arrived in Turkey on a chilly, gray afternoon in early October 1992. I had been living in Jerusalem studying Arabic and Hebrew—this was during my Arab-Israeli conflict stage—when the guy wit…
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…
