COPENHAGEN — Midway through the climate talks, we’re at a good place to take stock of where things stand. Negotiators from around the globe have made progress on a few fronts. Hundreds of pages of negotiating text have been boiled down to focus on the essentials. Countries are making progress on designing strong incentives to [...]

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According to popular lore, China is on the cusp of assuming the mantle of global economic leadership from the United States.   In the minds of many folks, the U.S.-led global financial crisis-cum-global recession is hard and indisputable evidence of this seminal shift.   As the dust settles from the crisis, China’s economy is now [...]

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