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Sara Hastings-Simon and Morgan Bazilian explain why the issues surrounding critical mineral security differ from traditional energy security. The required response should avoid…
Why India may not be the top of the list for FDI leaving China and what can be done to make it more attractive.
India’s Competition with Southeast Asian Countries
China is…
Agneska Bloch draws parallels between the French Yellow Vests movement and George Floyd protests in the United States, and the different approaches taken by Presidents Macron and…
Peter Edward and Andy Sumner argue that to end poverty, we must address the political challenges that come with improving the governance of economic growth.
Ending global poverty…
The UK should change its COVID-19 strategy to try to eliminate COVID-19 even without a vaccine rather than simply managing the disease, according to Independent SAGE, a group…
Cities at War: Global Insecurity and Urban Resistance edited by Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2020. 264 pp., £74 hardcover 9780231185387, £25…
Nick Bernards argues that the pandemic has exposed long-standing deep problems with the Fintech driven financial inclusion agenda.
‘Financial inclusion’ has…
Nafeez Ahmed calls for greater cooperation between the EU and palm oil producing countries.
In an alarming recent report, the World Wildlife Fund found that one of the…
The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age by Elizabeth Shackelford. New York: Public Affairs 2020. 304 pp., $29 hardcover 9781541724488, $17.99 e-book…