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Corporate America in the Crossfire Corporate America in the Crossfire
&The US may have a trade deficit with the rest of the world, but its multinational companies have a major surplus when it comes to sales in foreign markets – especially China. If the US-China trade war continues to escalate, these firms will be, as US President Donald Trump might put it, the biggest losers.
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Jun 24, 2019 says that, to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon world, governments must change the rules of the game.
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How to Renew the Social Contract How to Renew the Social Contract
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How to Renew the Social Contract
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Corporate America in the Crossfire
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Trump’s Art of the Spin
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Expansions Don’t Die of Old Age
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Politics & World Affairs
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The End of “Chimerica”
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A Grassroots Antidote to Populism
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The Gulf of Deniability
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The G20 in Osaka
Jun 21, 2019
Health & Development
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How Developing Countries Can Achieve Universal Health Coverage
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Why So Many Newborns and Mothers Still Die
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Taming the Wild West of Digital Health Innovation
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Maintaining the Momentum Against Cholera
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Sustainability & Environment
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Getting to Net-Zero Emissions
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America’s Bipartisan Climate-Policy Failure
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Why GDP Still Matters
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Europe Must Answer the Climate Call
Jun 18, 2019
Innovation & Technology
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How to Save the Internet
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Lessons from India in Digital Disruption
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Deterrence in Cyberspace
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Robo-Apocalypse? Not in Your Lifetime
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Culture & Society
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Making Migration Work for Everyone
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The Experts We Need
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Justice for Journalists
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Hold the Brexit Con Artists to Account
Jun 17, 2019
Solutions for Sustainable Development
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The Myth of Climate Wars?
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Reflections on Achieving the Global Education Goals
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Fully Filling the Global Fund
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The Future of Europe
After the election of President Emmanuel Macron in France and the return of a centrist grand coalition government in Germany, many hoped that the Franco-German ax… read more
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From Versailles to the Euro
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Fiscal Money Can Make or Break the Euro
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A Parliament is Born
Jun 4, 2019
Trump, Trade, and China
The biggest cloud hanging over the world economy is the incipient trade war with China launched by US President Donald Trump. But with America’s closes… read more
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Corporate America in the Crossfire
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Trump’s Art of the Spin
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Trump Is Slowing US Economic Growth
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Press Released
Today’s media landscape is littered with landmines: open hostility by US President Donald Trump, mounting censorship in countries such as Hungary, Turkey, a… read more
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Justice for Journalists
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China’s New World Media Order
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Central and Eastern Europe’s Captured Media
May 6, 2019
The African Century
Africa’s economic rise is a world-changing development, but the sources of its emerging strength – and lingering weaknesses – are little understood. W… read more
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Africa’s Gig Opportunity
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Pulling Sudan Back from the Brink
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Helping Africa’s Smallholders Feed the World
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Future Cities
Half of the world’s population live in cities, and that share is growing rapidly. How can cities expand, maintain services and communities, and be envi… read more
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Cities for the People
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Cities Hold the Key to Food Sustainability
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The Leadership of Cities
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