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"The first thing in your life here is the weather,” says Iris Kramer. A musician from Hamburg, married to an Icelander, Kramer is in a café waiting to hear if the plane to her husband ...
From Rise to ruin, rising again. Unlimited sunlight dazzles the eye, blurring the line of the horizon. The silhouettes of chimneys and their smoke hats tremble the waves of heat. In this high valley of ...
Photographer Marrigje de Maar takes us on a personal journey into many Chinese homes. Each picture speaks about an individual or a group of people. The sense of welcome is present, whatever life has given ...
An Accessible, Clear and Concise Account of International Trade Understanding Global Trade focuses on what lies at the core of globalization: international trade and production across national boundaries. It might seem too ambitious a scope ...
China may not share a long border with Laos but the untapped resources of this beautiful, rural country present a temptation hard to resist. China has become Laos’ second largest investor and trading partner with ...
Guantánamo Bay and the future of legal “black holes”. When one nation (or clan or tribe or ethnic group) covets the land of another, the result, throughout history, has usually been aggression. It is ...
There is probably no more pertinent global question right now than the China question. Adding his voice to the chorus of queries is American director Brook Silva-Braga, whose documentary The China Question trots out an ...
Contradictions and priorities. Miles Larmer, Peter Dwyer and Leo Zeiling, three top academics on social change in Africa, join forces to explore the role of social forces in leading democratic transformation in Southern Africa. Their ...
The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism. Colin Crouch urges us to rethink the role of giant corporations in the state vs market analysis of neoliberalism Neoliberalism has ruled the Western world and most of the globe ...
From being a black woman in the US to being an American citizen What is it like to be a black citizen in the US? Although such a question can sound too broad at first ...
The most important European project since World War II David Marsh, one of the most prolific financial journalists in the UK returns to update his account of the European currency. First published in 2009, The ...
How opinions would change if people were more informed In 1994, Channel 4 proposed a program called The People’s Parliament in which a cross section of UK citizens debated and voted on controversial issues ...
A Police Investigation in 1950’s JapanLike a film noir On January 14, 1958, the disfigured and mutilated body of a man is discovered near Lake Sembako, northeast of Tokyo, triggering a police investigation that ...
A fresh and factual look at the US Be careful before making sweeping generalizations about the US and its citizens until you have seen this atlas. The Real State of America: Mapping the Myths and ...
Cynthia Enloe puts women at the heart of politics and international affairs In the midst of war or at the end of one as a shattered society begins to pick up the pieces, women’s ...
Diplofoundation is a non-profit organization created in 2003 and based in Malta, unique in its vision of diplomacy as a field in need of greater inclusiveness through use of the internet. Its most emblematic achievement ...
Tierra Del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina, 2000 From the Strait of Magellan to the endless plains of Patagonia, from Morocco to the Road of Heroes in the Dolomites, from Easter Island to the glaciers of Lapland ...
It has been a little under two years since the members of the Major Economies Forum, under the auspices of the White House and the direction of Todd Stern, divided up priority areas for research ...
We are used to thinking about tribunals as having all the means, and the power, necessary to shed light on criminal acts. This fundamental idea is even more indispensable when it is at the service ...
While they are preparing for their first World Cup in 2014 and theirfirst Olympic Games in 2016, Brazilians can make history for an even better reason. If only they succeed in pacifying one of the ...
Just as many thought cap-and-trade was dead in the United States,California –the eighth largest economy in the world– introduced a statewidecarbon-trading program. Can one state put a whole nation back on trackand send a ...
Dr Comtesse is among those who believe and support the emergence of new governance. Master in Mathematics and PhD in Computer Science (University of Geneva), Xavier L. Comtesse worked in academic institutions, as a start-up ...
Mallika Sarabhai is a noted Indian dancer and choreographer, turned political activist. She first came to international notice when she played a lead role in Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata, first in French and then ...
The Geneva Creativity Center was officially launched on June 28 with the purpose of provoking unexpected encounters between researchers and industrialists to develop unique projects for the benefit of the local economy.The Center is ...
Whatever the process, whoever is in charge, we always come back to wondering how current policies will shape the future. Are the men and women running our governments and institutions around the world able to ...
China’s first aircraft carrier made its debut five-day voyage on August 15th, returning to a crowd who welcomed the giant vessel belonging to the resurgent People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with fireworks. However, at ...
The United Nations New York headquarters has decided to organize a public screening of the controversial film The Whistleblower which doesn’t exactly make the UN look good. The film, starring Rachel Weisz and Vanessa ...
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Swiss watchmaker Marc A. Hayek cherishes those who make watches and those who love them. In this interview he talks about looking towards a global market and the surprises he faces when thinking locally and ...
“I’m more interested in places when I take photographs. Movies always deal with people, anyway, so in photography I can finally do more justice to places. What they can tell us if you’re ...
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