POLITICS
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World War II anniversary: challenges and opportunities for Sino-Japan ties
By Pengqiao Lu The upcoming World War II related anniversaries can be a litmus test for the strength and sustainability…
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Brics summit takes off in Russia with an agenda full of economic and political issues
Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Wednesday with his Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff at the Siberian city of Ufa, where…
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Europe – Syriza-ize or Syria-nize
By Prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic A freshly released IMF’s World Economic Outlook brings (yet again, for the sixth year in a…
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Choices after the Greferendum
By Zsolt Darvas and Guntram Wolff Is there a hard budget constraint option while keeping Greece inside the euro area? On Sunday,…
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UN Human Rights Council reaffirms the safeguards for civilians in times of war
By René Wadlow Accountability for breaches of international humanitarian law and for human rights violations, as well as respect for human…
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Burundi: Storm warning
By René Wadlow The United Nations Human Rights Council ended its session on Friday, 3 July, and called attention to two…
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Re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba
President Obama announced on July 1, 2015, the historic decision to re-establish diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States…
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Time for Beijing to permit the Dalai Lama’s pilgrimage
By Pengqiao Lu Since 2014, the Dalai Lama has repeatedly expressed his wish for a pilgrimage to Wutai Mountain, which,…
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Sorry… Greece and Puerto Rico do not qualify for sovereign Ponzi schemes!
By Ben Tanosborn No; the Ponzi scheme has not been decriminalized for individuals, only for Nation-States and on occasion for…
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