Latest Research: Blindspots


Core Interest?

August 1, 2011

CHINA’S NAVY IS RAISING THE STAKES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA The South China Sea – “Related to China’s Core Interest” The predicted flashpoint for US-China relations has been for the last year and more the South China Sea (nan...

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Jose Graziano da Silva

July 25, 2011

THE NEW BRAZILIAN HEAD OF FAO When José Graziano da Silva became the Director General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in January of 2012, he was the first Brazilian elected to assume a senior international leadership...

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Birth of a Nation

July 18, 2011

SOUTH SUDAN BECOMES AFRICA’S NEWEST HOPE – AND TEST On July 9th, 2011 the Republic of South Sudan became Africa’s 54th state.  There were church bells ringing in the capital of Juba, raucous street parties with people dancing to the beat...

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Beware of What You Wish For

July 11, 2011

AFTER CHRISTINE LAGARDE WON THE TOP JOB AT THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, THE FIRST NON-ECONOMIST IN THAT POST NOW MUST SORT THROUGH A WORLD OF BAFFLING PROBLEMS. Christine Lagarde took the top helm at the International Monetary Fund at one...

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Planting Seeds

July 4, 2011

THE G20 TURNS TO FARMING AND THE FOOD CRISIS French President Nicolas Sarkozy made no secret of his aim to use France’s presidency of the G20 as a platform to address food price volatility. In particular Sarkozy was determined to...

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Beyond the “Spring”: Crackdowns and Silence

July 4, 2011

AS THE ARAB SPRING TURNS INTO SUMMER, THE REGION’S AUTOCRATS ARE MORE ENTRENCHED. After the initial euphoria of the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions, the “Arab spring” morphed into something nearly unrecognizable: Instead of using less force, leaders throughout the region...

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IMF Search

June 27, 2011

CAN A NEW DIRECTOR SEND THE IMF IN A NEW DIRECTION? And now it’s down to two effectively.  No, in fact it’s down to one – or at least it’s the frontrunner’s to lose.  And that’s France’s Christine Lagarde. There...

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On Kissinger’s “On China”

June 13, 2011

THE PERPLEXING FUTURE OF THE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP On Friday, June 17th, 2011 the Munk Debates took up the question of China. The question posed to the experts was:  “The 21st Century Will Belong to China” Speaking in favor of the resolution was...

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G8: From Club to Caucus

May 30, 2011

THE G8 SUMMIT NOW ORBITS THE G20, AND THAT’S GOOD With his usual hyperactive style, President Sarkozy has tried hard to burnish the reputation and enhance the purpose of the G8. Even before the leaders and their advisors met in...

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India Rising... To The Challenge of Global Power

May 16, 2011

ON THE THRESHOLD OF GLOBAL POWER, INDIA’S WORK BEGINS The ‘noughties’, have been a particularly good decade for India. The country has achieved the second highest rate of economic growth in the world and has invested many of those revenues...

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