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Time Out On Article 50 Extension

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Most British politicians seem to take it for granted that the UK will be able to successfully seek an extension of Article 50, delaying Brexit beyond March 29 to allow last-minute negotiations to continue. But what if it’s not that simple? Is the UK sleepwalking into No Deal? Larissa Brunner and Fabian Zuleeg from the European Policy Centre tackle this tough issue.

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Report touting municipal broadband makes a weak case

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Johnny Kampis, Taxpayers Protection Alliance   Critics of municipal broadband eviscerated a recent report created by the Open Technology Institute (OTI), a cheerleader of government-owned networks (GON)s.   OTI released its annual Cost of Connectivity report last month, claiming that municipal networks (i.e. taxpayer-funded networks) are both cheaper and offer more robust speeds than the […]
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No Time to Undermine R&D Partnerships

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    The outcome of the world’s response to COVID-19 depends largely on the success of longstanding research and development (R&D) partnerships between public and private sector institutions, including national governments, universities, and pharmaceutical companies. So it’s crucial that governments resist the impulse to undermine these relationships by adopting policies inimical to private sector research […]
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Africa setting pace with free trade pact

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    As with Africa’s widespread early adoption of mobile digital banking, so with free trade agreements, it would appear. Long a laggard in global deals and regional governance, the vast, diverse continent is now setting the pace with a pioneering free-trade pact amongst scores of African states, notes Alexander Hammond in The National Interest. […]