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A New Age for China in Brazil and South America
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The Trump – Sanders Trade Show
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Misconceptions about China’s Interest in Africa
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Chinese Adventures in Central Asia: Tension and Opportunity
(Photo Credit: CEA +, Flickr Commons) The Silk Road – a linkage once connecting the economies of Europe and Asia – is back in fashion. And everyone from Washington to Moscow to Beijing is talking about...
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The Economic Impacts of Syrian Refugees: Challenges and Opportunities in Host...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: More Questions than Answers for Chile?
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How to Raise Wages in Japan
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What Does the TPP Mean for Southeast Asian Financial Markets?
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The Volatility in Turkish-Russian Relations: The November 2015 Crisis and Beyond
(Photo Credit: kremlin.ru) In the wake of the Cold War, Russia has emerged as a formidable power once again. Despite numerous political and economic crises in the 1990s, Putin’s rise has established...
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The French Endgame about Labor Reforms: Europe’s Summer of Discontent
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How the Brexit Referendum Will Foster Uncertainty, Volatility, and Risk:...
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The Fate of Brazil’s Petrobras
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Bachelet and the Chilean Model
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Italy at the Brink: From Renxi’s Referendum to Italexit – Europe’s Summer of...
Photo Credit: European Union 2014 – European Parliament / Flickr “Thank you Great Britain, next it is our turn,” tweeted Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Northern League (NL), a major...
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The U.S.-Cuba Rapprochement
Revolution Plaza in Cuba. Photo Credit: Franck Vervial / Flickr Despite excitement surrounding expanded U.S. economic involvement in Cuba, the effort will most likely fail to bring about the economic...
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China is Facing Growth Deceleration, Not a Hard Landing – Yet
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A More Productive Debate about Productivity
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The Open Ocean: The Future of Foreign Aid in the Pacific
The Pacific is not the Caribbean, as economists and foreign policy analysts might do well to remind themselves from time to time. Pacific Island nations, even in the best of circumstances, are barely...
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