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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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June 10, 2010
Japan
Kan’s Kiheitai-Japan’s Militia
Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Issei Kato On June 4, the national legislators of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) gathered to select Naoto Kan as their party’s new leader, and thus as Japan’s new Prim…
March 15, 2012
United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Syria’s Regime Advances, Israel and Gaza Clash
Significant Middle East Developments Syria. As Syrians marked the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of protests in their country, Bashar al-Assad’s forces appeared to be gaining momentum. Over th…
February 27, 2017
Saudi Arabia
Should the U.S. Maintain its Alliance With Saudi Arabia? Unfortunately, We’re Stuck With Them
Our unhappy marriage with Saudi Arabia will probably endure—because the Saudis can’t be trusted on their own.
July 24, 2013
Japan
Okinawa and Tokyo Today
My visit to Okinawa two weeks ago provided the opportunity to think about what has happened there over the past seventeen years, as the U.S. and Japanese governments have struggled to find a replacem…
September 27, 2012
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Obama and Romney Debate, Netanyahu Visits the United States, the UN Talks Freedom of Speech, and Georgia Votes Amid Scandal
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the first presidential debate; Israeli prime minister Netanyahu’s visit to the United States; freedom of speech; and Georgia’s parliamen…
December 31, 2019
Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2019
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
