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International Relations & Development
Chinese Whispers: Why Everything You've Heard About China is Wrong
We have been getting China and the Chinese wrong for centuries. From the Enlightenment philosophes, enraptured by what they imagined to be a kingdom of reason, to the Victorians who derided the 'flowery empire', outsiders have long projected their own dreams and nightmares onto this vast country.
Ben Chu, Wiedenfeld & Nicholson,
10 October 2013
As Obama's Asia 'pivot' falters, China steps into the gap
When then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared two years ago "We are back to stay" as a power in Asia, the most dramatic symbol of the policy shift was the planned deployment of 2,500 U.S. Marines in northern Australia, primed to respond to any regional conflict.
Stuart Grudgings,
Reuters, 6 October 2013
Threats to peace are lurking in the East China Sea
While there are obvious historical tensions and competitive power dynamics at work currently in the deteriorating relationship between Japan and China, it is over the islands that the circumstances are most fraught.
Kurt Campbell,
Financial Times, 25 June 2013
Good African Coffee wants trade, not aid
Tired of seeing developed nations take the lion's share of profits from his countrymen's coffee crop, Ugandan businessman Andrew Rugasira decided back in 2003 that it was time for a new business arrangement.
Diane McCarthy and Ayesha Durgahee, CNN, 19 June 2013
Book Review: Islamist Radicalisation in Europe and the Middle East
Are today’s radicals tomorrow’s extremists? Most analyses of violence emanating from the Middle East or from Europe’s Muslim communities tend to assume that this is the case. This edited collection seeks to look beyond assumptions about violence in the Middle East.
Kenneth Martin, LSE, 6 March 2013
Trade policy campaign
Poverty, not food shortage, is the main reason for famine. Norwegian Church Aid and ten other organizations therefore advocate making it easier for poor farmers to earn money.
Norwegian Church Aid, 18 December 2012
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