Rebuilding the Asylum System

European leaders emerged from yet another summit this week, having made only modest progress towards definitively addressing a refugee crisis that has caused enormous human suffering and shaken the EU to its core. The time for partial measures is long past; a comprehensive plan is needed.

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Sobre cómo luchar contra el Estado islámico

El Estado Islámico ha captado la atención del mundo con unos vídeos horripilantes de decapitaciones, destrucción gratuita de antigüedades y una hábil utilización de los medios de comunicación social. También ha conquistado una gran parte de la Siria oriental y del Iraq occidental, ha proclamado un califato con base en Al Raqa (Siria) y ha atraído a yijadistas extranjeros de todo el mundo.
El Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, dice que se debe debilitar y en última instancia derrotar al Estado Islámico. Ha nombrado al general John Allen para que encabece una coalición de unos sesenta países para ese fin, recurriendo a ataques aéreos, fuerzas especiales y misiones de formación.…  Seguir leyendo »


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The World When the Fed Raises Rates

This year, for the first time since 2007, every advanced economy in the world is growing – including America’s. And that means that the Federal Reserve, fearful of asset bubbles, will at some point decide that US interest rates must rise. That may be good for the US economy, but what will it mean for the rest of the world?
Martin Feldkircher
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The End of Malaria?

In July, the EU approved RTS, S – a malaria vaccine also known by its trade name, Mosquirix – for use in children from six to 17 months old. While this is exciting news for everyone on the front line of the fight against the disease, many questions about the vaccine's deployment remain to be answered.
Oluwatosin Omole

The Business Case for Europe’s Refugees

While governments, charities, and donor organizations debate how European countries will share responsibility for the refugees flooding across their borders, European business has been strangely silent. But industry leaders in all sectors owe it to themselves to be involved from the start in managing the influx.
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Economists vs. Economics

Criticism of economics – for hubris, neglect of social goals beyond incomes, excessive attention to formal techniques, or failure to predict major developments such as financial crises – has usually come from outsiders, or from a heterodox fringe. But lately it seems that even the field’s leaders are unhappy.
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Should Germany Leave the Euro?

The debate over whether Greece should leave the eurozone has revived the idea that Germany, and other similarly strong economies, would do the rest of the continent a favor if they were the ones to leave the monetary union. It is an idea that is shortsighted, impractical, and economically dubious.
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A New Chance for Greece

On September 20, Greek voters will go to the polls – yet again – in a snap election called by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. After the latest financial rescue – additional money from the country’s creditors in exchange for structural reforms – will Greece, the twenty-first century’s “sick man of Europe,” refuse to take its medicine?
Yannos Papantoniou 
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South Korea’s Middle-Power Diplomacy

Last week, South Korean President Park Geun-hye stood together with Chinese President Xi Jinping to watch the parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII in Asia. Although Park's decision to attend drew the ire of the US and Japan, it actually reflects a more forward-thinking approach to regional affairs.
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China and the Deep Blue Sea

The strategic consequences of China's extravagant claims to sovereignty in the South China Sea have been a major topic of discussion in Asia. What few seem to have noticed is that the country's activities there also have serious environmental impacts.
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Industrial-Strength Africa

Addressing Europe's ongoing migration crisis, which has already brought close to a quarter-million migrants to the EU's shores this year, requires efforts not only to address instability in source regions, but also to alleviate poverty and create employment. For Africa, industrialization is the key to achieving the latter goal.
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Europe Under Siege?

Whether they are being exposed to refugees firsthand, or just seeing images of them splashed across newspaper pages, Europeans are well aware of the vast numbers of desperate people trying to enter EU territory by any means possible. But this awareness has yet to translate into a unified response.

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How to Fight the Islamic State

Some US presidential candidates are calling for “boots on the ground” to fight the Islamic State, which now controls a large part of eastern Syria and western Iraq. They are right, but the boots should be worn by Sunni Arabs and Turks, not Americans.
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The Crisis of Our Crises

At first glance, the crises plaguing the world – from Greece's debt drama to Syria's implosion – seem to have little in common. But these events are not unconnected; on the contrary, they stem from a deeper crisis of international integration and cooperation.
Jeremy Adelman 
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The Inclusive Road to Growth

There is no bigger policy challenge preoccupying leaders around the world than meeting the need to expand participation in the benefits of economic growth and globalization. Adopting a more socially inclusive model of growth will require widening the lens through which priorities are set when shaping national economic strategies.

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Fed Up with the Fed

Every August, central bankers and financiers from around the world meet in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This year, the participants were greeted by a large group of mostly young people, who were there not so much to protest as to emphasize to the assembled policymakers that what they do affects ordinary citizens, not just financiers.
Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Necessary Migrants

Though unpopular, economic migration to the European Union from non-EU countries, under carefully managed conditions, is both legitimate and imperative. This is not because the migrants deserve Europeans’ sympathy, but because Europe needs them.  Seguir leyendo...


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La lista de Mas pierde diez diputados y necesitaría a la CUP tras el 27S

El independentismo lograría una ajustada mayoría absoluta el 27S con el 44,8% de los votos http://t.co/PzhPXVEmcV http://pic.twitter.com/H0AzPYJq3K

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Las cuatro causas que precipitaron el registro de CDC por la corrupción del 3%

Las cuatro causas que precipitaron el registro de CDC por la corrupción del 3% http://t.co/b0PZmkxMh9 vía @voz_populi

— The Catalan Analyst (@CatalanAnalyst) September 6, 2015

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Teyco construyó el chalé de Oriol Pujol cuando era secretario general de CDC

Teyco construyó el chalé de Oriol Pujol cuando era secretario general de CDC http://t.co/xcM1F78sGf vía @cronicaglobal

— The Catalan Analyst (@CatalanAnalyst) September 6, 2015

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