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The Worst Human Crisis Since World War Two
By Frank VoglAmerica turns its back on the world's starving - will the G20 come to the rescue?More than 20 million people in Africa face death by starvation, but America is turning its back. In a...
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The G20 by Population
By The GlobalistMore than half of the global population is represented at the annual G20 summit (July 7 & 8 this year in Hamburg).1. Some 64% of the world’s population – 4.7 billion people – lives...
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G20: How Many Countries Really?
By The GlobalistThe July 7 & 8 2017 G20 summit will represent a fifth of the world’s governments.1. The G20 consists of 19 national governments as well as the leader of the European Union (acting...
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The Scale of G20 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By The GlobalistCan the July 7 & 8 2017 G20 summit help advance international cooperation on the environment?1. Together the G20 countries, including the full European Union, produce 29.3 million...
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India After the G-20 Summit
By Sanjeev S. AhluwaliaHow does India fit into the world economy? Does the world's soon to be most populous nation have a viable economic strategy?Expansionist Germany was the muscular outlier in the...
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One Hooray For Cryptocurrencies
By Martin HutchinsonToday’s tech sector has become a slow-moving behemoth, but there is one area bubbling with creativity -- that of crypto-currencies. Large organizations are almost never innovators....
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Western Europe: The Fastest-Closing Gender Gap
By The GlobalistWhich world regions have the widest gender gaps and which are closing slowest?1. The world region where the overall gender gap will close fastest is in Western Europe (61 years). 2....
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed at the G-20 Summit
By James M. Dorsey The Khashoggi murder crisis continues to ripple globally, far beyond U.S. domestic politics.The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have gotten more than they bargained...
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“Compact with Africa”: A Critical Assessment
By Helmut ReisenThe Compact with Africa started off in the wrong way. High time to warn about the wrong course.The G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) was initiated in 2017, under the German G20 Presidency...
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Yes, Australia Can Abandon Coal
By George R. TylerExperts have concluded that Australia offers an ideal setting for replacing fossil fuels with renewables in electricity generation. In case the message hasn’t yet sunk in, let me...
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Argentina’s Debt: How to Buy Time in the Pandemic
By Barry HermanAs the country faces yet another debt crisis, what is a constructive way forward for Argentina and its creditors?On April 15, the finance ministers of the Group of 20 offered to postpone...
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High Time for a Western Oil Strategy
By Frank VoglYes, we can boost global security and good governance.Over the last 18 months, the oil price has fallen from around $110 per barrel to around $30. The oil price collapse creates new...
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South Africa’s Ray of Hope
By The GlobalistHow South Africa outperforms other leading emerging economies for press freedom. 1. South Africa is ranked 39th worldwide out of 180 according to the 2016 Reporters Without Borders’...
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Press Freedom in China: Still Low Ranked
By The GlobalistChina badly trails its G-20 peers on guaranteeing a free media.1. In Reporters Without Borders’ 2016 Press Freedom Index, China ranked as the worst offender (176th) on press freedom...
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2016 G20 Summit: Who Needs to Do What?
By Helmut ReisenThe need for action is clear, but count on it being "papered over." Reflections on the G20 Hangzhou Summit.Yawn, we are approaching another G20 summit. Yawn because these summits have a...
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Media Terror: Press Freedom in Turkey and Russia
By The GlobalistMedia freedom in important G-20 economies -- Turkey, Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and Mexico -- leaves much to be desired.1. Turkey is ranked 151st out of 180 on press freedom as of...
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From Land to Sea: Plastic Trash as Far as the Eye Can See
By The GlobalistMillions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year.1. In Europe, 26%, or 6.6 million tons, of the post-consumer plastic produced in 2012 was recycled, while 36% was...
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China’s Global Role: The 2010 Perspective
By Stephen S. RoachWhy does China have to step up and take the helm of global economic reform?Editor’s note: While this analysis was written a decade ago in the aftermath of the 2008/9 financial...
View ArticleThe Mounting Global Challenges of Rampant Corruption
Multiple major corruption crises are splashing across the front pages of newspapers across the globe. Taken together, these crises are contributing to global insecurity and to financial and economic...
View ArticleThe G20 Summit: Trump and Putin
A mysterious encounter on the side of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, is likely to take place between Russian president Vladimir Putin and U.S. president Donald Trump. Once again, as was the case when...
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