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Sharon E. Burke, former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy, directs New America’s Resource Security Program.

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Managing the Next Gold Rush
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Managing the Next Gold Rush

Aug 22, 2019 Sharon E. Burke warns of the environmental risks posed by deep-sea mining for increasingly in-demand minerals.

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Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration
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Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Chris Jochnick blames poor farmers' weak claims to their most productive asset for persistent poverty and growing food insecurity.

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Islands of Climate Ambition
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Islands of Climate Ambition

Andrew Holness & Frank Bainimarama urge developed countries to increase support for small island states struggling to adapt to global warming.

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Brexit House of Cards
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Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown thinks UK politics have become gripped by a frenzy that rules out rational decision-making.

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Could Ultra-Low Interest Rates Be Contractionary?
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Could Ultra-Low Interest Rates Be Contractionary?

Ernest Liu, et al. explain why further reductions in borrowing costs could hurt the global economy instead of helping it.

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Back to Little England?
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Back to Little England?

Edoardo Campanella

The United Kingdom's bid to withdraw from the European Union is typically characterized as a dramatic manifestation of British nationalism. In fact, it has almost nothing to do with Britain, and everything to do with English national identity, which has been wandering in the wilderness ever since the fall of Pax Britannica.

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Energy, Employment, and Migration in Africa
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Energy, Employment, and Migration in Africa

Kandeh K. Yumkella argues that investment in distributed renewables could fill a lage part of the continent's jobs deficit.

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An Innovation Agenda for Europe
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An Innovation Agenda for Europe

Manuel Muñiz & Marietje Schaake present a three-point plan to help the European Union close the digital gap with the United States and China.

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The ECB’s Beggar-thy-Trump Strategy
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The ECB’s Beggar-thy-Trump Strategy

Hans-Werner Sinn worries that the European Central Bank's de facto policy of currency devaluation could trigger US retaliation.

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