International politics

Climate refugees, international terrorism, peace deals, and geopolitics galore—this page covers the trends and news that will influence the future of international relations.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVbee35cugE&feature=youtu.be
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http://www.weforum.org/Unresolved violent conflict and increasing persecution have led to a rise in refugee flows around the world. Beyond providing safety a...
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/panama-papers-rude-awakening-worlds-wealthy
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Stratfor
Leaks reveal the extent of hidden wealth and could provide impetus to shut down tax havens.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeIKCSkrwko&feature=youtu.be
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Check us out on iTunes! http://dne.ws/1NixUdsPlease Subscribe! http://testu.be/1FjtHn5Borders increase security, protect the members inside, and much more. H...
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Inflation has made sustainability projects costly and slow, but the green technology sector might still have a fighting chance.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/rise-manufacturing-marks-fall-globalization
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Just as technology spurred globalization, so, too, will it revolutionize how countries do business with one another once again. Automation, advanced robotics and software-driven technologies are ushering in a new era that will leave fewer opportunities for the developing world.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/john-bolton-africa-china.html
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The New York Times
In Africa, the president’s national security adviser said, the greatest threat is not from poverty or Islamist extremism but from an expansionist China, as well as Russia.
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https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/04/17/drought-returns-to-huge-swaths-of-us-fueling-fears-of-a-thirsty-future
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https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2163601/made-china-2025-beijings-plan-hi-tech-dominance-big-threat
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South China Morning Post
The ‘Made in China 2025’ plan aims to break China’s reliance on foreign technology and pull its hi-tech industries up to Western levels. But it has become a lightning rod for Washington’s ire in its trade war with Beijing. This article – the first in a series on the plan – explains how it became the centre of so much attention.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/04/24/135770/get-ready-for-tens-of-millions-of-climate-refugees/
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Technology Review
In 2006, the British economist Nicholas Stern warned that one of the biggest dangers of climate change would be mass migration. “Climate-related shocks have sparked violent conflict in the past,” he wrote, “and conflict is a serious risk in areas such as West Africa, the Nile Basin, and Central Asia.” More than a decade later…
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The United States and China are both taking different approaches to achieve quantum supremacy and win the geopolitical, technological, and military advantages that come with it.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/grexit-issue-and-problem-free-trade
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The European Union was built on the idea of free trade as a benefit, but free trade can have unintended consequences.
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https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/03/07/africa-is-attracting-ever-more-interest-from-powers-elsewhere
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The Economist
They are following where China led
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https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/13/18/philippines-wins-seat-in-un-human-rights-council
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ABS CBN News
MANILA (UPDATED) The Philippines on Friday won a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council despite strong opposition from an international human rights group, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
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https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/climate-change-and-migration-sorting-through-complex-issues-without-hype
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Migration Policy
ARTICLE: Numerous researchers and organizations have predicted that climate change will trigger historically unprecedented waves of mass migration. MPI's Carolina Fritz examines the complex links between climate change and migration, how and where these links influence current and future migration patterns, and some of the problems with predicting future flows.
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https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/cognitive-technologies/ai-investment-by-country.html
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Deloitte
Companies around the globe, boosted by countries’ various strategies, have worked to implement AI practices. Our survey suggests what early adopters have learned—and how leaders can learn from their AI experiences.
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https://qz.com/854257/brace-yourself-the-most-disruptive-phase-of-globalization-is-just-beginning/
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Quartz
Brace yourself.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/borders-come-and-go-geography-remains
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Stratfor
Once human beings began to settle rather than wander -- about 10,000 years ago -- our attachment to place transformed. We could grow food. We could build homes, cities and walls. We could set sail from Peru to Polynesia and return to Norway. And we could fight to keep what we had created.
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The European Commission's artificial intelligence regulatory proposal aims to promote the ethical use of AI.
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Human rights groups and governments are concerned about neurotechnology's use of brain data.
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https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/08/26/the-coming-migration-out-of-sub-saharan-africa/
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National Review
It could send millions to Europe.
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From limiting Internet access to curating content, China deepens its control of its citizens’ data and information consumption.
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World Economic Forum
Central banks are gradually starting to raise interest rates and unwind bond purchase programmes. Are financial markets and the world economy ready for the t...