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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 22, 2015
Europe and Eurasia
Guest Post: Promoting a Ukraine-EU Agenda on Human Trafficking
Luke Drabyn is a former intern for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ukraine has one of the highest levels of human trafficking in Europe. Over 120,000 U…
February 20, 2014
The World Next Week: Ukraine Protests Turn Violent, UN Report Condemns North Korea’s Human Rights Record, and the Sochi Olympics Come to a Close
The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the escalating conflict in Ukraine, the United States and South Korea’s joint military exercises, and the end of the Sochi Winter Olympi…
March 5, 2014
China
China’s Soft “Nyet” to Russia’s Ukraine Intervention
This post is one of a three-part Asia Unbound series on the implications for Asia of the crisis in Ukraine. See related posts from my colleagues Alyssa Ayres and Sheila Smith. Russia’s de facto as…
March 1, 2021
Southeast Asia
As in Myanmar, Coups are Becoming More Successful, and More Sophisticated
Early this month, Myanmar’s armed forces took control of the country. Moving overnight, they detained most leading politicians and many civil-society activists, barricaded roads, cut off internet acc…
September 3, 2014
Regional Organizations
NATO Membership Has Its Privileges (Unfortunately Ukraine Won’t See Them)
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is the most egregious effort since World War II to forcibly alter the borders of a sovereign European state. It is also the biggest test of Western resolve since the Co…
