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January 13, 2022
Olaf Scholz, the new German Chancellor, visited French President Emmanuel Macron on 14 December to discuss questions regarding the EU.
January 7, 2022
Generations of students of international relations (IR) at British universities have learned that liberals detest war and actively seek possibilities to eradicate conflict out of world politics.
December 16, 2021
The Chinese real estate giant Evergrande has been a popular topic of conversation in recent weeks. It is not only the company’s liabilities of more than 300 billion dollars that make this case relevant, but also its weight in the Chinese real estate sector, which already accounts for 30% of China’s GDP.
December 7, 2021
The Index of Economic Freedom, which is compiled every year by the Heritage Foundation, shows that the most capitalist countries have an average per capita GDP of $71,576. That compares with $47,706 for the world’s “predominantly free” countries.
November 22, 2021
Agenda setting is both important and difficult. Politics tends to veer towards topical issues which are not always the most relevant.
November 19, 2021
While COP26 seems to have had lukewarm effects on the global approach towards more sustainable policies, a key takeaway is the promotion of market environmentalism.
November 16, 2021
The Carbon Borders Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is one of the key regulations to compliment the EU’s existing ETS scheme in tackling carbon leakages.
November 11, 2021
EU states neighbouring Belarus have been encountering the largest migrant flows through a newly discovered Eastern European route.
October 5, 2021
The pandemic has not only had a disproportionate effect on youth employment as young people were more than twice as likely to lose their jobs compared to older employees, but it has also exacerbated the difficulties for young people leaving education and entering the labour market for the first time.