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Politics, technology and environmental change merging in megatrend, threatening upheaval

    By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs   The coming months will see three trends from last year merge into a megatrend that will not only define the presidential election in the USA but also send waves across the Atlantic to Europe and across the Pacific to […]

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Leprosy Is Still A Threat – But We Can End It

    Though it has often been overshadowed by other diseases, the ancient scourge of leprosy is still afflicting humanity—but we have all the tools we need to end it, notes Dr. Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, in a new article published by Health Affairs, titled “One Step Closer To Ending Leprosy.”    […]

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New Protectionism: Still Protectionism and Bad Economics

        By Veronique de Rugy, courtesy of the Mercatus Center   For several years now, news headlines have reflected anxieties about the effects of globalization and freeing trade: Will jobs evaporate? Does China have an “unfair” advantage? Is the middle class disappearing? These fears need to be addressed, because they have resulted […]

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China Is Fueling Centrifugal Forces At Its Peril

    By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs       At the southern tip of the Chinese mainland lie not one but two territories in conflict with the communist leadership in Beijing: Hong Kong and Taiwan. Those who have been following the news from the region since […]