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Geopolitics

The China-US Technological Competition and its Opportunity Costs

Thursday 12th December 2019

The US-China trade dispute is much more than a battle over a US$420 billion deficit, what the tensions are really about is a race for “geo-technological” superiority.

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Environment

Agricultural Subsidies and Climate Change: A Policy Reflection from Africa

Thursday 5th December 2019

Climate change is severely affecting smallholder farmers in Africa, who represent the majority of the agriculture sector across the continent.

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Environment

A Global Smart Renewable Power Grid: A Radical Proposal

Thursday 5th December 2019

Since the Paris Agreement was signed, the world continues to experience extremes of climate change as signatories to the accord struggle to meet their climate goals.

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Environment

In Indonesia, Water Can Be a Public and Private Good

Thursday 5th December 2019

As an archipelagic nation spread over 17,000 islands, Indonesia faces numerous challenges in addressing water supply and sanitation issues.

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Population & Society

How the UN Compact on Refugees Can Address the Rohingya Crisis

Thursday 28th November 2019

Time to assess the international community's response to the dramatic increase of forced migrants: Rohingya refugee children attend class in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

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Geopolitics

Abe Power and the US-China Cold War

Thursday 21st November 2019

Shinzo Abe, now Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, is steering Japan across tricky diplomatic waters.

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Security

The Security Dimension of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Thursday 14th November 2019

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is far more than an instrument of Chinese foreign economic and development policy, argues Mher D Sahakyan

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Security

The Almaty Spirit – Pathway to a Chinese Monroe Doctrine?

Thursday 14th November 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin offers birthday greetings to Chinese leader Xi Jinping before the CICA plenary session in Dushanbe, June 15, 2019

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Technology

AI and Emotions: The Next Frontier in the Social Sector

Thursday 7th November 2019

What happens when the Fourth Industrial Revolution collides with the need and desire to improve the state of the world?

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Technology

AI and the Disruption of Social Sectors

Thursday 7th November 2019

With technology advancing rapidly, new applications are disrupting many sectors by solving problems that were impossible or too time-consuming to handle before.

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Geopolitics

Blowing Hot and Cold Over the South China Sea

Thursday 31st October 2019

Could Manila's soft-pedaling of its territorial dispute with Beijing lead to a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea that fits Chinese interests?

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Technology

Regulating Cryptocurrencies: Five Challenges

Thursday 24th October 2019

Although cryptocurrencies have been around for about a decade, it was no more than three or four years ago that regulators began to feel intense pressure to catch up. 

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Politics

For a Truly Global Peace Agenda in a Multipolar World

Thursday 17th October 2019

The Global South, particularly China and other Asian countries, is more active in conflict prevention and resolution

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Health

Rethinking Traditional Chinese Medicine in Modern Healthcare

Thursday 10th October 2019

Collaboration between traditional Chinese medicine and the West could offer opportunities to improve healthcare and lower primary care costs

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Health

Is the Internet of Things Killing Your Brain Cells?

Thursday 10th October 2019

The dangers of connectivity: Are digital technology and the obsession with mobile devices and apps responsible for human cognitive decline?

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Politics

India’s Lost Decade – and How It Can Be Reversed

Thursday 3rd October 2019

India could be settling into a structural slowdown - can its leaders implement necessary reforms such as meaningful measures to promote manufacturing?

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Geopolitics

The Politics of FDI in Indian States

Thursday 3rd October 2019

The level of foreign direct investment across India varies widely by state, we look at the differing situations in Tamil Nadu and Odisha.

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Inclusiveness

Diversity, Inclusion and the Future of Work

Thursday 26th September 2019

For the future of work to be inclusive, efforts are required to promote diversity at all stages of the development of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies

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