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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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March 29, 2024
United States
Joseph Lieberman, R.I.P.
The late Sen. Joseph Lieberman was a model of how public life should be conducted, and an important figure in American Jewish history.
February 20, 2024
China
The American Century: A Conversation With Joseph Nye
Joseph Nye discusses U.S. primacy on the global stage since World War II, crucial challenges the country has faced, the changing nature of American hard and soft power today, and whether China's rise…
August 16, 2022
Climate Change
Why the UN Is Taking on Plastic Pollution
The United Nations is fast-tracking discussions that aim to forge an international agreement to curb plastic waste, one of the most pervasive and hazardous environmental pollutants.
October 19, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Richard Joseph on Nigeria and Insecurity
Undated handout image courtesy of the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters) Richard Joseph, the John Evans professor of political science at Northwestern …
May 13, 2010
Energy and Climate Policy
Kerry-Lieberman and the International Climate Talks
[IMPORTANT UPDATE BELOW] I’ve got three quick thoughts on what the big Kerry-Lieberman energy and climate bill means for the international negotiations, and they’re not good. (More to come later; I’…