Heine Offers Insight on Haiti Crisis
On August 16, 2023, Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, published a column in The Conversation discussing the international community’s response to the crisis in Haiti. Following Kenya’s offer to lead a mission…
Najam Comments on COP27 Loss and Damage Fund for Developing Countries
“Importantly, for now, developing countries got what they wanted: a fund for loss and damage. And developed countries were able to avoid what they have always been unwilling to give: any concrete funding commitments or any acknowledgment of responsibility for reparations.”
Najam Publishes Op-Ed on “The World After Coronavirus” Series
In hosting #WorldAfterCorona, Dean Najam learned many things. Most importantly, he learned there is no “going back to normal.”
Selin Publishes Article on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Professor Selin explains how U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement will affect prospects for avoiding the worst effects of global warming.
Longman Provides Insight on Paul Rusesabagina’s Arrest
Prof. Longman explores the arrest of MRCD chairman aul Rusesabagina and why many observers find it suspicious.
Selin in The Conversation on the U.S. Leaving the Paris Agreement
Prof. Henrik Selin published an Op-Ed examining whether the Paris Agreement on climate change can succeed without the United States.
Selin in The Conversation on CO2 Emissions and Cargo Ships
Prof. Henrik Selin co-wrote an Op-Ed examining carbon emissions from the cargo ships used in international shipping.
Gallagher in The Conversation on Trump’s Tariffs
GDP Center Director Kevin Gallagher published an Op-Ed on the tariffs President Donald Trump will impose on imports from the nation’s best customers.
Menchik in The Conversation on Indonesia’s Pious Democracy
Prof. Jeremy Menchik examined whether whether Indonesia’s tradition of religious tolerance and pluralism is safe from extremism.
Selin in The Conversation on U.S. Exit From Paris Accord
Prof. Henrik Selin discusses whether U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Accord has created a vacuum for Europe and China to fill.
Selin in The Conversation on Trump’s Climate Change Shake Up
Prof. Henrik Selin discusses the executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump that is expected to shake up federal climate change rules.
Garčević Publishes Op-Ed on Russia and Montenegro’s NATO Bid
Amb. Vesko Garčević discusses the history of Russian interference in democratic processes outside of the United States.
Selin and Najam on Trump and the Paris Agreement
Prof. Henrik Selin and Dean Adil Najam discuss the danger of undoing the progress made during the Paris climate talks in The Conversation.
Selin and Najam in The Conversation on Marrakesh Climate Talks
Professor Henrik Selin and Dean Adil Najam discuss what the upcoming Marrakesh climate talks need to achieve.
Najam Publishes Op-Ed on the Nobel Success of Immigrants
Dean Adil Najam discusses how America’s Nobel success is the story of immigrants.
Selin and Najam in The Conversation: Assessing Paris
Professor Henrik Selinand Dean Adil Najam run down the good, bad, and the ugly of the 2015 UN Climate Conference agreement.
Selin in the Conversation: Paying for Climate Change
Pardee School Professor Henrik Selin said that one of the biggest questions for the December Paris climate talks was money.
Wallace in The Conversation: Trudeau and the Niqab
Pardee School Lecturer James C. “Jim” Wallace said that the niqab became a hot-button issue in the recent Canadian parliamentary election.
Selin in The Conversation on SDGs: Unimpressed
Henrik Selin is unimpressed by the United Nation’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); there are too many of them, with too little focus.
Selin in The Conversation: Strikeout in Paris?
Is the global climate on its third strike? Pardee School Professor Henrik Selin has the answers.