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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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February 21, 2006
Emerging Markets
Frederick Kempe of the Wall Street Journal gets an awful lot of things wrong
As, I suspect, does Joseph Quinlan of the Bank of America- the source of much of Kempe's analysis. Kempe's core argument: consumers in emerging markets are driving global demand. His eviden…
January 5, 2023
United States
Two Years After January 6, Some Reasons for Optimism
In the twenty-four months since rioters breached the U.S. Capitol, the capacity of the American system to overcome even the gravest challenges has quietly been on display.
October 9, 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Origins of African States, and Their Names
An article on the origins of the names of African countries was recently published in Quartz. It includes a map of the continent in 1885, shortly after the Berlin Conference. Portuguese and Arabic traders and explorers are the origins of some names, European mispronunciation of tribal names are the origins of others.
May 10, 2006
United States
Self promotion watch (Treasury foreign exchange report edition)
I was interviewed by Adam Davidson of NPR about the Treasury’s forthcoming foreign exchange report (to be released at 4 pm today). You can hear the results here. Adam Davidson also interviewed the…
February 5, 2021
Local and Traditional Leadership
Ethnic and Religious Violence Worsen in Kaduna
Kaduna is increasingly the epicenter of violence in Nigeria, rivaling Borno state, the home turf of Boko Haram. In rural areas, conflicts over water and land use are escalating, and Ansaru, a less prominent Islamist group, is active.
