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.thebalance.com/top-economic-predictions-for-the-next-10-years-3305699
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The Balance
Here's how the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather, rising health care costs, and other trends may affect the economy over the next several years.
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https://story.californiasunday.com/tijuana-city-of-exiles
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California Sunday
Every month, thousands of deportees from the United States and hundreds of asylum-seekers from around the world arrive in Tijuana. Many never leave.
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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/yes-make-psychedelics-legally-available-but-dont-forget-the-risks/
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Scientific American
Psychedelics have psychological and spiritual benefits, as a new best seller claims, but they’re far from a panacea
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https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/19/eaaw1838
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Advances
Humans’ ability to efficiently shed heat has enabled us to range over every continent, but a wet-bulb temperature (TW) of 35°C marks our upper physiological limit, and much lower values have serious health and productivity impacts. Climate models project the first 35°C TW occurrences by the mid-21st century. However, a comprehensive evaluation of weather station data shows that some coastal su
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/un-call-governments-around-world-decriminalise-all-drugs-says-richard-branson-a6699851.html
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Independent
The British entrepreneur appears to have released details of an embargoed UN report - in case they change their minds
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/china-vatican-after-3-years-both-sides-may-be-willing-sign-agreement
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Stratfor
China has long viewed Catholicism's presence in the country as a threat to the Communist Party's power, but it is also recognizing the diplomatic benefits of normalizing relations.
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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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F3oZMAj1n0
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Youtube - Geopolitical Intelligence Services
For about 15 years, China’s strategy on the African continent has received increasing scrutiny from specialists, diplomats and Western political pundits. But...
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https://www.salon.com/2014/10/24/silicon_valley_will_destroy_your_job_amazon_facebook_and_our_sick_new_economy/
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Salon
The "sharing economy" makes Silicon Valley rich and takes from the rest of us. We ignore this at our imminent peril
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http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1125451.shtml
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TED
During Abe’s recent visit to China, he pledged to actively participate in China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI). The AAGC and the BRI can coordinate as they share similar geographical range and idea. If China, Japan and India can achieve cooperation, they will boost the world’s confidence in the Asian economy.
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https://phys.org/news/2016-05-climate-exodus-middle-east-north-africa.html
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Physics
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/26/data-dump-that-reveals-astonishing-breadth-beijings-interference-operations/
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Washington Post
Beijing is keeping track of everyone who matters around the world.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38130828
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BBC
Japan begins a project to build the world's fastest supercomputer by the end of 2017.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/between-geopolitics-and-technology
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Stratfor
Advances in areas such as nanotechnology and materials science, smart factories, additive manufacturing, autonomous cars, gene-editing techniques, and battery technology stand to alter life on earth, not only for individuals, but also for the nations they inhabit. The world's countries will experience the radical transformation that disruptive technologies bring at different times and to different
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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://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR912.html
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Rand
This report assesses likely demographic and economic trends in the Arab world through 2020, focusing on changes that are likely to affect U.S. defense planning and U.S. policy in the region.
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https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/30/18203911/davos-rutger-bregman-historian-taxes-philanthropy
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Vox
"Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit in my opinion."
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Insight posts
The battle for critical raw materials is reaching a fever pitch as governments strive to minimize dependence on exports.
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https://www.rt.com/news/384549-eu-muslims-germany-schaeuble/
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Russia Today
Muslim migrants who refuse to embrace European values must realize there are better places for them to reside than in the EU, Wolfgang Schaeuble, the German Finance Minister has said.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0jX0N0FrkY&ab_channel=InternationalPeaceInstitute
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YouTube - International Peace Institute
On Thursday, October 9th, IPI hosted a Distinguished Author Series event, featuring Howard W. French, author of China’s Second Continent: How A Million Migra...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khjY5LWF3tg
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World Economic Forum
Ubiquitous, mobile supercomputing. Artificially-intelligent robots. Self-driving cars. Neuro-technological brain enhancements. Genetic editing. The evidence ...
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https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/world/article/2189137/china-knows-artificial-intelligence-rewriting
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South China Morning Post
As power is re-defined by data, states are not prepared for the global consequences of the AI revolution, while individuals remain vulnerable to new techniques of control.