The Thorny Issues Surrounding International Intervention
Tina Mavrikos-Adamou
The Thorny Issues Surrounding International Intervention 2nd April 2012

The contentious issue of international intervention has for centuries created both political and legal dilemmas for...

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Strain in the EU-Ukraine-Russia Energy Triangle
Carlo Gallo
Strain in the EU-Ukraine-Russia Energy Triangle 23rd March 2012

Ukraine’s current tug-of-war with Russia over the pricing of its Russian gas imports should be watched closely by...

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China and India and Security: New Tensions
Sumit Roy
China and India and Security: New Tensions 16th March 2012

China and India – coined as the ‘Emerging Giants’ - face security challenges - ‘old’ and...

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Could norms be moving around the world through osmosis?
Hakan Altinay
Norm Osmosis 14th March 2012

Could norms be moving around the world through osmosis? In this article, Altinay argues that hard power and soft power...

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Matthew Hulbert and Christian Brutsch
Energy: Charging the BRICS to Power the World 25th January 2012

Given the lousy growth prospects of mature economies, it is no surprise that the world has been hooked on emerging...

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Thomas Hale
Madame Secretary-General: A Modest Proposal 29th November 2011

In 2008 Hillary Rodham Clinton earned the support of millions by running for President of the United States. In 2009...

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John.O.Kakonge
The Role of Media in the Climate Change Debate in Developing Countries 19th November 2011

Climate change continues to be one of the most important global issues confronting the international community. Yet in...

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The Great Shift East
Danny Quah
How we miss the Great Shift East 17th May 2012

Many well-known facts are, in actuality, false. One such is how the Great Wall of China is humanity’s only...

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Voting for a Europe-wide Alternative to Austerity
Dave Prentis
Voting for a Europe-wide Alternative to Austerity 15th May 2012

As financial storm clouds continue to rain down unemployment and austerity across the EU, three of Europe's biggest...

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Financial Crisis, SWF Investing, and Implications for Financial Stability
Joonkyu Park and Han van der Hoorn
Financial Crisis, SWF Investing, and Implications for Financial Stability 2nd April 2012

In this column Joonkyu Park and Han van der Hoorn introduce readers to sovereign wealth funds - the topic of...

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Matthew Bolton
Unlikely Bedfellows: US and Iranian Shared Positions on the Emerging Global Laws of War 23rd March 2012

In this post Matthew Bolton introduces his recent co-authored article “Globalization and the Kalashnikov”,...

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Mobile Water for Development and Growth
Rob Hope
Mobile Water for Development and Growth 23rd March 2012

In this column Rob Hope adds background to his recent co-authored article “Harnessing mobile communications...

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Paul Collier
The Economics of Isolation and the Role of Aid 16th February 2012

In the past month I have visited South Sudan, Sierra Leone and Rwanda. Although radically different in many important...

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Paul Collier
Is the Euro Socially Sustainable? 22nd November 2011

The fate of the Euro will be determined not in Brussels, Frankfurt or Berlin, but in households and firms across Europe...

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David Ritter
The Global Partnership for Oceans, the World Ocean Council and the Fossil Fuel Companies 16th May 2012

In a recent blog entitled ‘A Global Effort Is Building to Save Our Oceans’, Rachel Kyte, the Vice President...

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Sanctions, Solitude or Shut-out? Iran and the Rest
Martha Molfetas
Sanctions, Solitude or Shut-out? Iran and the Rest 11th May 2012

In the last months Iran has been ostracized from the rest of the world. Even before the sanctions, the United State...

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Just another Union?
Liana Fix
Putin’s Eurasian Union: Just another Union? 9th May 2012

A new project for regional integration has been brought to life in the post-Soviet space at such a rapid pace that...

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Cornelius Adebahr
Rethinking Turkey 8th May 2012

In the past year or so, Turkey’s major headlines in the international press were about its fallout with Israel,...

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What happens if Iran gets the Bomb?
Michael Cohen
What happens if Iran gets the Bomb? 8th May 2012

There will perhaps be no hotter international political issue this summer than that of Iran’s nuclear program....

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Urban pollution in China from Benjamin Vander Steen's stream on flickr.
Jacob Cosman
Watching China's smog from space 2nd May 2012

China's rapid industrialization over the past few decades has given rise to an economy dependent on emissions-...

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GM Google antitrust lawsuit department of justice DOJ monopoly regulation
Karl Muth
Antitrust’s June War and Chevrolet: What Google Can Learn From GM 30th April 2012

This week, the Department of Justice formalized its interest in Google from an antitrust perspective. This is a...

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