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Are People Lying More Since the Rise of Social Media and Smartphones?
Technology has given people more ways to connect, but has it also given them more opportunities to lie? You might text your friend a white lie…
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What COP26 Achieved — and What It Didn’t
Despite two years of international diplomacy and two weeks of intensive negotiation, Glasgow’s COP26 summit was unlikely to be a decisive moment in the 25-year journey…
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Energy Transition in South Asia is Critical to Reaching Global Net-Zero
On October 31, world leaders converged in Glasgow for the start of COP26, hoping to take steps to achieve ambitious global climate goals. One of those…
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Forecasting Time
Around November each year, we at GPF begin our forecasting process for the coming year. In a real sense, we are always forecasting, as our analysis…
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Biden’s Democracy Summit Needs to Produce More Than a Bland Statement
U.S. President Joseph Biden is preparing to fulfill a campaign promise by convening a virtual group of over 100 world leaders in early December for the…
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In Glasgow, I Saw Three Big Shifts in The Climate Conversation
Last week I spent three fantastic days at the global climate summit (known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. My main impression is how much things have…
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US Taliban Recognition Would be A Game-Changer
Fast US pivot towards recognition of former battlefield adversary will likely have caught China by surprise The disclosure in Brussels on Tuesday that the US is…
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Japan: Pressure From Populist right to Scrap ‘Peace Constitution’ After 75 Years
The relative success of the populist right-wing Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai or JIP), which increased its vote to emerge as the third-largest party…
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The Gap Between Talk and Action on Climate Is on Full Display in Glasgow
Environmental disasters are rapidly engulfing the world. Can bureaucracy meet their pace? Since last week, hundreds of world leaders and environmental advocates have descended on Glasgow,…
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The EU’s Big Eastern Problems
Let's take a trip along the eastern fringes of the EU today, where two big problems are brewing at a time when Brussels seems particularly unable…
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Poland-Belarus Border Crisis Points to Cynicism and Hypocrisy
As the crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus deepens, the EU is helpless as Minsk and Warsaw engage in cynical power politics. The migrants…
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Everyone Suffers When America Turns Its Back
The on-off US foreign policy of the 21st century is damaging the world and America itself — the government must be shrewder and more consistent. American…