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China In Africa: Reproducing Dependency?

The huge growth of Chinese political and business interests in Africa is conceivably the most significant development for the continent’s international relations since the ending of the Cold War. Published trade figures alone...

by Ian Taylor

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Romania, or how the state does business with the state

Not since Iliescu’s miners stormed the capital and savaged protesters calling for democratic reforms in 1990 did Romania manage to receive such negative attention from Western media. The dubious methods used by the USL (the s...

by Tiberiu Dodan

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Disciplined Growth: a new Franco-German engine for Europe?

From the very beginning of the European integration project, France and Germany have been at the core of the whole enterprise. It was German Chancellor Willy Brandt who joined French President Georges Pompidou at the very first...

by Gilles Pittoors

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Legislating Common Sense: Canada’s Lesson on Managing Growth

Just this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney announced plans that make it harder for Canadians to own a home. The average Canadian might not like the g...

by Donovon Kellyman

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China In Africa: Reproducing Dependency?

Romania, or how the state does business with the state

Disciplined Growth: a new Franco-German engine for Europe?

Legislating Common Sense: Canada’s Lesson on Managing Growth

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