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Enriching the Elite: A Failure of Democracy
I t is a conceit of democracy that opposing parties, after months of trying to convince the public the other would be a...
India and the European Union: A Green Partnership
D uring the 13th EU-India Summit, held on 30 March 2016 in Brussels, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (India), Donald Tusk (President of the...
The agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries
O PEC, which is the cartel of the 14 major oil producers, has recently adopted a policy that is bound to change all...
No Refuge for Oil
Of-late the monotonous oscillation of oil prices is making it difficult for writers and analysts to get any sense out of this whimsical trend....
President Trump’s economic war against Germany and the euro
J ust a week after his official installation at the White House, Donald J. Trump lashed out at China, accused of manipulating its...
Does Economic Growth Alleviate Poverty in Developing Countries?
Poverty alleviation has implied an important goal for developing countries and policy-makers throughout the last century. Recently, organisations such as the United Nations and...
African Challenge, African Hope: Resource-seeking by the Indian State
Authors: Suresh George & Andrew Amayo
This paper attempts to analyze how the Indian state is managing its institutional strategy in the midst of inter-state...
Astana 2017: Kazakhstan’s City on a Hill
Kazakhstan, a country with immense oil wealth but relatively little global influence, has recently been trying to convert its wealth into influence. The successful...
Drain The Neo-Con/Neo-Liberal Deep State Micro-Swamp
Now that President Donald Trump is, in a lightening fast, almost blitzkrieg manner, using his first weeks to pass monumentally powerful Executive Orders, in...
Tajikistan: transition to monarchy completed?
In the first month of 2017, Tajikistan witnessed a major dismissal accompanied by an (un)expected appointment in the power.
The mayor of Dushanbe, Tajikistan`s capitol...