For decades, globalization promised to bring benefits to all
detailsMark Sykes and François Georges-Picot aimed to devise a plan that would enable Great Britain and France to avoid a ruinous rivalry in the Middle East
detailsWars and terrorism are stressful. The traumatised have nowhere to turn
detailsongoing conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are depriving more than 13 million children of an education
detailsOn May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Great Britain and France signed a secret pact in London. Officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, the deal, negotiated by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot
detailsGenerals are sometimes slow to get around to developing plans and ordnance for those new weapon systems and battlefields
detailsMonetary policy is an effective means of managing inflation and can boost employment and output in a recession
detailsThe enduring strength of Germany’s political center probably reflects the country’s remarkable economic success, which it has sustained for more than a decade, even as most of the rest of Europe has faced serious challenges
detailsThe Arab Spring uprisings brought to the fore the inadequacy of the region’s outdated social contracts in the face of current political and economic challenges
detailsIn today’s economy, many sectors – telecoms, cable TV, digital branches from social media to Internet search, health insurance, pharmaceuticals, agro-business, and many more – cannot be understood through the lens of competition
detailsThe United States and the European Union must decide whether they will begin to treat China as a “market economy” in their trade policies
detailsFortunately, there is a way to avoid the cycle of poverty, deprivation, and conflict
detailsSecuring an agreement in Paris was just the first step on a long road towards protecting the global climate and the world’s most vulnerable countries
detailsCorruption, put simply, is the abuse of public office for personal gain. As leaders increasingly recognize, it is a menace to development, human dignity, and global security
detailsThe prevailing explanation is that rising populism amounts to a rebellion by “globalization’s losers.
detailsAcross Latin America, voters who, until recently, were enthusiastic about their leftist governments seem to be having a change of heart.
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