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April 5, 2001

Agricultural Policy
The Regulation of GMOs in Europe and the United States

Overview This paper was prepared for a workshop on trans-Atlantic differences in GMO regulation sponsored by the Council of Foreign Relations. It draws in part on an unpublished paper, "Apples and…

September 23, 2005

Europe
Spain, the United States of Europe.

Growth over the past ten years (all data from the IMF)USA:  3.3 (05 estimate: 3.5); Spain: 3.7 (05 estimate: 3.2)Current account deficit (percent of GDP) 1997US: -1.7; Spain: -0.12005 (estimate)US:  …

February 1, 2013

China
Paula Briscoe: Greenland—China’s Foothold in Europe?

Paula Briscoe is the National Intelligence Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. China’s current and planned investments in Greenland raise concerns, not only about Chinese access to more of t…

A lab manager at Activation laboratories prepares samples of mines to check ore grades of minerals in Nuuk, Greenland, on October 15, 2012.

April 16, 2008

Economics
Blog envy: on Europe, the G-7 and the Fed

Paul Krugman (who hardly needs a plug from me), Macro Man and Steve Waldman (of interfluidity) have all written posts that I wish I had written. Krugman elegantly shows that a lot of American stereo…

April 1, 1999

Europe and Eurasia
U.S. Policy Toward Northeastern Europe

During the Cold War Northeastern Europe was a strategic backwater and received relatively little attention in U.S. policy. However, since the end of the Cold War, the region has become an important f…