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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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April 26, 2024
Digital Policy
Cyber Week in Review: April 26, 2024
Biden signs FISA reforms; House passes bill to ban government from buying bulk data; Biden signs TikTok ban; Chinese government orders Meta-owned apps removed from App Store; UnitedHealth Group provi…
October 13, 2023
Inequality
Women This Week: Nobel Prize Winner Highlights Gender Pay Gap
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 7 to October 13.
January 5, 2024
United States
Election 2024: The Third Anniversary of the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Americans are divided over the meaning of January 6.
October 9, 2012
Human Rights
Where Do Our Rights Come From?
In the last few decades, "rights talk" has become increasingly common. But what is the origin of these "rights?" Why do we have the right to freedom of speech or religion or assembly? That is an eas…
July 16, 2013
International Organizations
Guest Post: UNSC Debate on the Protection of Journalists in Armed Conflict
Julia Trehu is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. On Wednesday, July 17, the United States Mission to the United Nations (UN), which holds the UN Secu…
June 10, 2014
Development
Re-Engineering the Earth’s Climate: No Longer Science Fiction
By continuing to spew greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, humanity is conducting the largest uncontrolled scientific experiment in the Earth’s 4.5 billion year history. The most recent assessment r…
