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Threats and Alliances in the Middle East: Saudi and Syrian Policies in a Turbulent Region by May Darwich. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 218 pp, £75 hardcover…
Jordy Lee and Morgan Bazilian explain why disruptions from COVID 19 can have larger implications for developing nations that are dependent on the mining industry. Without an overt…
The combination of Covid-19 and the forthcoming US election is driving Sino-US relations to the point where a new ‘Cold War’ could be a best case scenario.
“The relationship…
The world economy is entering a deep economic recession, as massive lockdown efforts across the world have brought industry and services to a grinding halt. To support a rapid and…
In the German city of Koblenz, 23 April 2020 saw the start of a trial at the Higher Regional Court that is attracting worldwide attention: two Syrians are accused of participating…
Sukhayl Niyazov argues that central banks have become impotent and their traditional macroeconomic tools are not working.
Following the 2008 global financial crisis, the…
The coronavirus pandemic has no parallel in living memory. The novelty of the virus itself is a massive medical challenge. But the pandemic is also a unique social problem for us…
Nayef Al-Rodhan overviews the pandemic's affects so far and offer recommendations for states and international organisations seeking to learn from the crisis.
From the…
As COVID19 rages across the world, it is renting asunder the global order. With the US in self-isolation, Europe on its knees and China discredited, the war on the virus is being…
Laurissa Mühlich, Barbara Fritz, William N. Kring, and Kevin P. Gallagher call for an urgent upgrading of global institutions for short-term crisis finance.
The ongoing COVID-19…