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Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Harness Natural Resources

Johannes F. Linn | The Brookings Institution | August 2008
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan lead the region as two countries that have successfully harnessed their natural resources allowing them to grow their economies and avoid the apparent "natural resource curse" that plagues many developing nations. ...More

Pakistan's Future Depends on India, China and the US

Stephen P. Cohen | Asian Journal of Public Affairs | Summer 2008
While Pakistan is often called a failed state it is more accurately labeled as a flailing state. The PPP-PML coalition cannot solve every problem alone but needs help from India, China and the US. These nations, which had once contributed to ...More

Europe Needs a Unified Immigration Policy

Jakob von Weizsäcker | Bruegel Policy Brief | July 2008
The challenges of immigration and integration in the EU need to be addressed with urgency. Jakob von Weizsäcker suggests that high-skilled and unregulated migration as well as asylum applicants should be priorities for the entire EU, while immigrant ...More

The USA Needs a Strategy to Rebuild its Image

Carol Bellamy & Dam Wienberg | The Washington Quarterly | Summer 2008
A study by the Pew Foundation recently confirmed that the USA has been suffering from an image problem for years, and this all over the world. Even in Japan, Argentina, Germany or Great Britain, all countries with a traditionally positive stance ...More

Dam Projects Threaten the Livelihoods of Over 60 Million

David Fullbrook | Chatham House | June 2008
Many governments in Southeast Asia are hoping for better energy security and appreciable increases in public revenue through a number of dam construction projects along the Mekong River. Yet the projected dams do not only produce electricity, ...More

Cutting Trade Ties Sponsors International Terrorism Too

Daniel L. Byman | Brookings Institution | May 2008
Terrorist groups all over the world benefit from the support of governments. The US State Department draws up a special list of countries considered to be state sponsors of terrorism. Yet Daniel Byman says this list is not worth much. For one ...More

Fear of Globalization is Rising in the West

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard | Peterson Institute | May 2008
Once upon a time in the West, the notion of globalization brought to mind new commercial outlets, the international exchange of goods and new post-industrial job opportunities. Yet, the integration of highly populated emerging economies, China and India in ...More

Are Second Generation Biofuels a Curse or a Blessing?

C. Ruiz Marrero | Center for Intl. Policy Americas Program | April 2008
In the debate regarding climate change and the shortage of fossil fuels, biofuels were for a long time considered to be the ideal solution. However recently, they have increasingly come under fire. Critics denounce the fact that through ...More

Climate Change Brings Forth a Century of Violence

Harald Welzer | Blaetter fuer dt. und internat Politik | May 2008
Until now, no one really seems to realise what kind of threat climate change represents for human beings living together on Earth. In his book "Climate Wars", the social psychologist Harald Welzer therefore warns us against only perceiving climate ...More

Tourism and Climate Change: The Guilty Gain

Philipp Ehmer | Deutsche Bank Research | April 2008
International tourism is undergoing very rapid changes. New travelling habits, an increased awareness of price, short notice and short term holidays - and the wish for more flexibility and individuality as well as rising energy prices are constantly ...More