Category Archive: Quintessential : The Top Think Tank

International Security Guarantees on the Way to a Permanent Agreement on a Two-State-Solution Israel / Palestine

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From mid-2010 to mid-2011 a working group of Israeli and Palestinian security experts developed concrete proposals and practical steps for international security guarantees in the case of a two state solution between Israel… Read More

Esquipulas II + 25: Centroamérica en perspectiva

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El fracaso relativo de Contadora no puede ocultarnos su triunfo global: en la forma, al significar la irrupción de una dinámica de cooperación/negociación para la resolución del conflicto frente a la de confrontación… Read More

China’s Recent Relations with Maritime Neighbours

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Chinese maritime assertiveness since 2008 is a product of China’s growing economic and military power combined with a centrally fostered nationalism. Although incidents with several maritime neighbours may not have all been initiated… Read More

Mächtige Megatrends

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Trotz einer immer stärker vernetzten Welt neigen Politik und Öffentlichkeit dazu, sich auf Einzelthemen zu konzentrieren, ohne ihre Zusammenhänge zu berücksichtigen. Doch welche Wechselwirkungen gibt es zwischen den globalen Trends, auch Megatrends genannt?… Read More

LES ISLAMISTES FONT LA COURSE EN TETE

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L’après-Kadhafi suscite de nombreuses inquiétudes. Des élections législatives sont prévues, le 7 juillet, afin de former une Assemblée constituante chargée de mettre en oeuvre les nouvelles institutions de la Libye qui seront soumises… Read More

China and Germany: a new special relationship?

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The increase in trade between China and Germany during the last decade – and, in particular, in German exports to China – has exceeded all expectations. Germany is China’s number-one trade partner in… Read More

(Quintessential) PIIE (Usa): The Global Community Should Ask Europe to Abandon Unanimity on Crisis Finance

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by C. Randall Henning Europe is seeking further assistance from the international community through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to address the crisis in the euro area. The global community has a clear… Read More

(Quintessential) Chattham House ,(UK):EU’s Diplomatic Arm Lacks Vision and Strategy

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One year on from its creation, the European External Action Service (EEAS) now needs a global vision, says a new report from Chatham House. A Diplomatic Entrepeneur: Making the Most of the External… Read More

(Quintessential) Brookings: The Arab League’s Political Horizons for Syria

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Syria, United Nations, The Arab Awakening and Middle East Unrest, Middle East Salman Shaikh, Director, Brookings Doha Center The Arab League surprised the world last Sunday by setting a roadmap for a political… Read More

(Quintessetial) CIS ( Usa) : Measuring the Causes of Instability in the Middle East and North Africa

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It updates and expands work done for a previous report in the spring of 2011. It uses a range of different sources to provide indicators of the factors that have driven political instability… Read More

(Quintessential) AEI (Usa) : Global currency war

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Can the current post-Bretton Woods international monetary system prevent a return to the beggar-thy-neighbor policies and competitive devaluations that so harmed international prosperity in the 1930s? What are the system’s flaws? Can they… Read More

(Quintessential) The Adam Insitute ,(UK): Planning in a free society

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London as a case study for a spontaneously planned future. Tom Papworth argues for a radical reform of the British planning system. to download : http://www.adamsmith.org/sites/default/files/research/files/ASI_Planninginafreesociety.pdf

(Quintessential) IDEAS (Malaysia): Social Market Economy: The Case of Germany and Suggestions for Malaysia

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The content and ideas in this paper were presented in an IDEAS seminar for leaders of the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) held in July 2011. As an economic school that developed in… Read More

(Quintessential)SIIA (Singapore): Foreign labour and long-term care for the elderly

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“Although Singapore has committed to reducing its dependence on foreign labour, it must consider the impact of this policy on the vital industry of long-term care for the elderly,” said Therese Leung. “Foreign… Read More

( Quintessential) Santa Fe´Institute (USA): The Statistics of Urban Scaling and their Connection to Zipf’s Law

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Author(s): Andrés Gómez-Liévano, HyeJin Youn, Luís M. A. Bettencourt Urban scaling relations characterizing how diverse properties of cities vary on average with their population size have recently been shown to be a general… Read More

(Quintessential) ISIS (USA): Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report

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February 24, 2012 Production of 20% Enriched Uranium Triples; Iran Increases Number of Enriching Centrifuges at Natanz FEP by Nearly 50% and Signals an Intention to Greatly Expand the Number of Centrifuges at… Read More

(Quintessential) Kiel Institute for Ecomony(Germany): China: Stagnation in the Catching Up Process?

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China: Stagnation in the Catching Up Process?* by Rolf J. Langhammer Feb. 14th 2012 Chinese political authorities are concerned about their country which is feared to face a “middle-income trap”. The definition of… Read More

(Quintessential) Harvard School of Public Health (USA):One in Ten Children Face Elevated Risk of Abuse

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One in Ten Children Face Elevated Risk of Abuse, Future PTSD, Due to Gender Nonconformity Monday, February 20, 2012 by Todd Datz Children in the U.S. whose activity choices, interests, and pretend play… Read More

(Quintessential) Centro G. Einaudi (Italia): La de-crescita

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Scritto da Giorgio Arfaras Domenica 26 Febbraio 2012 Mi è stato detto che Serge Latouche, il teorico della de-crescita, ha un seguito numeroso e devoto. Mosso da curiosità ho letto “La scommessa della… Read More

(Quintessential) Real Instituto Elcano ( Spain): Towards a New International Order?

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The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: Towards a New International Order? Robin Niblett 20/2/2012 [1]International order within a system of more or less sovereign states implies the absence of major conflict between… Read More

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