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Middle Eastern protests: A tug of war over who has the longer breath
Mass anti-government protests in several
Arab countries are turning into competitions to determine who has the longer
breath, the protesters or the government.
In Algeria, Lebanon and...
Africa: Urgent action needed to mobilise domestic resources as tax revenues plateau
The average tax-to-GDP ratio for the 26 countries participating in the
new edition of Revenue Statistics in Africa was unchanged at 17.2% for the third
consecutive year in 2017....
The Geopolitics of natural resources of Western Sahara
In the post-bipolar
international legal literature, the right to self-determination is part of the
broader concept of human rights, and the only aspect of self-determination that
remains...
Doing Business Report 2020: Soaring Changes with Soaring Doubts
As
Narendra Modi brands his government of making new leaps; similarly, the World
Bank’s annually published report, “Doing Business” has largely become a
tool to evaluate economies....
Russia, Africa and the Debts
Long seen as a strategic partner,
Russia has opened a new chapter and started building better relations with
Africa, and most significantly made its move by...
China’s ties with Africa go beyond the “debt trap”
Authors: Do Quynh Anh & Francis Kwesi Kyirewiah*
Over the past decades, there have been numerous arguments
about China’s relations with Africa which is seen as...
BRICS acts as a collective will to safeguard global multilateralism
Authors: Zhou Dong chen &Francis Kwesi Kyirewiah*
On November 13-14, the 11th BRICS Summit was held in
Brasilia, capital of Brazil, where Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Iran’s next parliamentary election hinges on economic problems, US sanctions effective
It seems any faction focuses on solving the economic problems, has more chance for victory in the parliamentary elections.
The eleventh elections
of the Islamic Parliament...
The Black Sea of Economic Cooperation
Since the Ukraine crisis of 2014 the security situation in the Black Sea
region has significantly deteriorated. The annexation of Crimea by Russia as
well as...
The Bust: WeWork’s diminishing stature of the perfect “start-up”
Until recently, the globally acclaimed
startup, WeWork was transforming the future of office spaces and staff hiring
processes. Truly, it was transformational in the sense that...