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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 21, 2006
China
Adding to echo chamber started by the New Economist, with a bit on China thrown in
I second the New Economist’s description of Tim Duy as the John Berry of the blogoshere. I thought Tim retired from Fed Watching when he moved to Oregon, but the internet gave him a second life … …
April 28, 2008
Financial Markets
$120 oil and the rise of the Gulf
The Economist put the Gulf on its cover this week. It isn’t hard to see why. The Gulf was booming with oil at $ 60 a barrel. It is roaring with oil at close to $120 a barrel. Consider the follow…
October 31, 2008
Mexico
Mexico’s Energy Reform: Few solutions, but better conversations
The Mexican Congress approved a long-overdue energy reform on Tuesday October 28 following 6 months of debates, referendums in 8 Mexican states and Mexico City, and numerous public demonstrations fr…
March 22, 2010
China
Where’s the Tipping Point in U.S.-China Relations?
Photo Courtesy of REUTERS/Jason Lee Some of my old State Department colleagues tell me that the current downturn in U.S.-China relations is nothing new. It’s just countercyclical, they say. “Remem…
May 14, 2010
Trade
America, Trade, and Asia
Photo courtesy of the MIT Visualizing Cultures project. Here’s the thing about trade policy: the United States can’t be a leader in Asia without one. That was true in the 19th century, as fast-sai…
