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https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JN4C8D3XHTKDRRH75IFP/full?target=10.1080/0250... August 19, 2020 mbreezeGlobal Water, Policy & Politics, AsiaGlobal Water, Policy & PoliticsAsia Kris Hartley ...


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Michele Breeze's blog Inspired by Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, Thailand’s youth organized mass protests to demand reforms from the culturally revered monarchy. Political scientist Pavin Chachavalpongpun joins Deep Dish to explain how social me ...


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Please join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in welcoming United States Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) for a virtual discussion table on US-China relations. An active voice on foreign affairs and US-China policy, Representative Kinzinger was rece ...


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As the world races against time to limit the human carbon footprint, governments are adopting a wide range of policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions. China is no exception: in a recent speech to the United Nations, President Xi Jinping pledged for Chi ...


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Putin.jpg Anonymous's blog My friends at the European Center for International Political Economy (ECIPE) posed a serious question on Twitter this morning as part of their #ECIPEdebates: Are EU sanctions on Russia working? Constrained to 140 character ...


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Anonymous's blog The New York Times is  reporting a brewing political crisis in France. The Prime Minister is planning to dissolve the government in a battle over budgetary belt-tightening. Per the story The political crisis reflected a widening back ...


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Anonymous's blog The economic crisis that once seemed poise to rip the euro zone apart more recently appears to have receded. Greece just successfully floated a bond issue and yields fell across Europe’s troubled periphery. The threat would seem to h ...


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Anonymous's blog In the wake of the initial events in Ukraine last week, I  wrote  about some of the options and challenges if the West were to attempt to prop up the country. Now, after Russia’s move into Crimea and the danger that its military invo ...


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Anonymous's blog By Fredrik Erixon, director and cofounder of the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), a world-economy think tank based in Brussels, and was the Convenor of the Transatlantic Task Force on Trade, a joint projec ...


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Event Summary by Richard C. Longworth Both the euro and the European project have survived their financial crisis and are stronger and more resilient than ever, Jean-Claude Trichet, who led the European Central Bank (ECB) through the crisis, told The Chic ...