Rachel Bronson

adjunct senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Thicker than Oil , The Council on Foreign Relations

Rachel Bronson is adjunct senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Thicker than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership with Saudi Arabia

Articles by Rachel Bronson

Since the failure of the 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen, both the United States and China have largely retreated from big international agreements, each waiting for the other to move first. This week’s bilateral accord sets the stage for future international discussions. That would seem to be a big deal.