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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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March 15, 2013
Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Cybersecurity, and Iraq
Christopher P. Cavas, “Stennis’ Long Haul,” Navy Times, March 18, 2013. REAR ADM. MIKE SHOEMAKER: We pay very close attention to Iran. In the gulf it is almost a daily interaction with the Iranian f…
October 11, 2016
Technology and Innovation
Four Things I Learned from Visiting Argonne National Laboratory
For seventy years, Argonne has hosted cutting-edge scientific research. The first national laboratory in the United States, Argonne was created in 1946 as an extension of the Manhattan Project to dev…
June 6, 2012
Climate Change
Does Oil Abundance Mean Climate Doom?
Over the past few months, I’ve found myself invited to a growing number of workshops, meetings, and conferences focused on the surprising growth in U.S. and world oil supplies. At every one of those,…
January 14, 2011
Fossil Fuels
What Wine Prices Tell Us About OPEC
What do oil and wine have in common? A new working paper from two IMF economists, which is generating a lot of buzz, argues that they’re a lot more alike than you’d imagine. (Hat tip: Steve LeVine.) …
October 3, 2011
Politics and Government
Campaign 2012: Awlaki, Iran, Mexico
Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born cleric linked to al-Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, gives a religious lecture. (Ho New/courtesy Reuters) The decision by the Red Sox to pass on the baseball playoffs gave…
