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    Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures
    Introduction 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…

    by Lindsay Maizland and Clara Fong January 21, 2025 Renewing America

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    Myanmar’s Troubled History
    Introduction Throughout its decades of independence, Myanmar has struggled with military rule, civil war, poor governance, and widespread poverty. A military coup in February 2021 dashed hopes for…

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    How Tobacco Laws Could Help Close the Racial Gap on Cancer
    During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised that his administration would make a “historic effort” to reduce long-running racial inequities in health. Tobacco use—the leading cause of p…

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    Iran’s Regime Rattled but Resilient—So Far
    Ray Takeyh is Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. With the targeted killings of numerous top military leaders, how much control do Iran’s su…

    by Ray Takeyh June 20, 2025 Middle East Program

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