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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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August 19, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Sanctions on Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad answers journalists after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on December 9, 2010. (Benoit Tessier/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. President Obama’s call yeste…
October 27, 2011
Defense and Security
The World Next Week: NATO in Libya, the G20 Meets, “7 Billion Day”
A French jet returns from a mission in Libya to the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. (Benoit Tessier/courtesy Reuters) The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I sat down to discuss NAT…
May 27, 2020
United States
Did the Dollar's Position as the Leading Reserve Currency Help Hold Treasury Yields Down This Spring?
Foreign Treasury sales, including large sales from reserve managers, made the Fed's job harder, not easier, in March.
January 3, 2018
China
China’s Impact on the U.S. Bond Market Gets Too Much Attention. And Europe's Too Little
The ECB has almost certainly had a bigger impact on U.S. rates over the last three years than the PBOC, without buying (or selling) any Treasuries.
November 3, 2011
International Organizations
Palestine and UNESCO: We’ve Only Just Begun
Palestinian Foreign Minister al-Malki and Palestinian ambassador to UNESCO Sanbar attend a press conference during the 36th session of UNESCO's General Conference in Paris (Benoit Tessier/Courtesy Re…
