... carbon emissions Paris Agreement climate adaptation PERSPECTIVE Are We at a Climate Tipping Point? PAMELA MCELWEE 34 In 2019, climate change was everywhere. From massive, deadly wildfires in California and Aus-tralia to the millions of students who went on strike around the globe, the climate...

... Charts © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California climate change carbon emissions Paris Agreement adaptation Atmospheric CO2 concentration Data: Scripps/NOAA-ESRL (Measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii) 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020...

... Agreement AfCFTA Africa free trade integration globalization African Union economic development borders informal economy 188 Ideally, the free movement of goods and services should coexist with the free movement of people. Pan-African Aspirations Drive a New Free Trade Pact CHRISTOPHER...

...Joshua Busby Backsliding on the Paris Agreement by the United States and others is steering the globe down a dangerous path toward runaway climate change. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Busby Paris Agreement climate...

.... 2019 The Regents of the University of California book review Joshua Lustig Bruno Latour Down Earth climate change Paris Agreement science philosophy politics Donald Trump BOOKS Terrestrial Thinking JOSHUA LUSTIG Bruno Latour is one of the foremost contemporary philosophers...

... of California Shibley Telhami Donald Trump Middle East foreign policy Islamic State diplomacy unilateralism Jerusalem Palestinians Israel Saudi Arabia Iran nuclear agreement PERSPECTIVE Trump s Reckless Middle East Gambles SHIBLEY TELHAMI 359 In recent decades, the inevitable changes...

... David Mitchell Northern Ireland Britain United Kingdom Ireland Irish Republican Army Sinn Féin power-sharing peace sectarian violence Brexit European Union Good Friday Agreement 89 It remains an open question whether power-sharing can operate with sufficient mutual trust when...

...-Herzegovina Bosnia Serbia Mostar Dayton Peace Agreement nationalism ethnonationalism Yugoslavia Ratko Mladić consociational power-sharing international community 102 [T]hrough the complicated, long-term effects of converging postwar and post- socialist forces, the Bosnian state continues...

... North American Free Trade Agreement Mexico Canada United States trade labor maquiladoras manufacturing agriculture wages inequality immigration Donald Trump migration border The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect nearly a quarter-cen-tury ago, on January 1, 1994...

... Africa climate change adaptation renewable energy drought water resources floods agriculture population growth migration Paris Agreement Morocco Egypt Israel 348 The degree to which states are tolerant of local-level initiatives and mobilization will become only more important...

... Hopewell trade protectionism liberal economic order hegemony United States Donald Trump China Brazil Global South International Monetary Fund World Bank Uruguay Round Doha Round North American Free Trade Agreement 303 [W]hat Trump has done so far represents an intensification...

... level temperature rise Paris Climate Agreement Mekong Delta development 223 [O]ne-size-fits-all adaptation will not work, given the wide variety of regional impacts in Vietnam. Vietnam s Urgent Task: Adapting to Climate Change PAMELA MCELWEE The 2016 Paris Climate Agreement is right-fully...

.... 2016 The Regents of the University of California Mandy Sadan Myanmar Burma Daw Aung San Suu Kyi elections National League Democracy Panglong Agreement democracy nationalism communal violence British colonial legacy Buddhism ethnic minorities 214 Burmese politicians...

...Joshua Busby [F]or many developing countries, the Paris agreement is better than no deal and an important step in the right direction. © 2020 Current History. All rights reserved. 2020 The Regents of the University of California Joshua Busby negotiations Paris agreement Copenhagen...

... the world. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Miriam Gomes Saraiva soft Rio Bianco power Brazil foreign policy Jose Paranhos pan-americanism panamericanism Mercosur NAFTA north american free trade agreement Common...

... Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Álvaro Uribe Revolutionary Armed Forces Colombia free trade agreement security demobilization restitution inequality 67 Haunted by deep disparities and an unspeakable history of violence, the country may discover that democratic prosperity remains...

... Asia China North Korea Asian Development Bank Japan South Korea Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement Vietman Taiwan 223 At the end of the day, it is not clear that economic ties will act as a significant constraint on state behavior when high-stakes issues are on the table. Does...

... of California Abyei Richard Williamson Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir South Sudan Salva Kiir Sudanese civil war Comprehensive Peace Agreement Sudan People's Liberation Movement Abyei Border Commission 171 If events go as planned, southern Sudan in just weeks will separate from...

... Schott World Trade Organization General Agreement Tariffs Trade Doha Round Group 355 The postwar multilateral trading system that was established in 1947, when 23 countries signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was meant to be a transitional arrangement pending...

... army. Admittedly for years to come the Iraqi military will remain dependent on American assistance, such as air support. Even so, since the implementation of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in January of this year and the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi cities in June, the Iraqi government has...