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While ‘the Hindu rate of growth’ may have made for the odd op-ed, simple extrapolation from Maddison’s dataset on historical GDP figures show the Indian subcontinent to have had fairly similar GDP figures to China for most of modern human history.

India’s path and the fundamental role if its superfamilies

By: EBR | Monday, March 22, 2021

That India would grow was a fact to all but the most pessimistic

©Paul Buske / With Albanian national elections on 25 April 2021, nature conservation groups such as EcoAlbania, RiverWatch and EuroNatur are calling on the public and on political leaders to enshrine the future of the Vjosa and make this wild river national park a major priority.

Protect Europe’s last big wild river, the Vjosa in Albania

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, March 22, 2021

On World Water Day 22 March 2021, an urgent plea to protect Europe’s last big wild river, the Vjosa in Albania, became visible

"EU-UK relations are strained, but unless the Northern Ireland Protocol is somehow insulated from those tensions—and they cease to be instrumentalized—the potential consequences for peace on the island of Ireland are serious."

Is the Northern Ireland Peace Process at Risk?

By: EBR | Friday, March 19, 2021

Brexit is destabilizing Northern Ireland. London’s pursuit of a hard Brexit and the return of border politics could unravel the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended the province’s conflict. It might need the United States to rescue the accord

“The United States uses its military force and financial hegemony to carry out long arm jurisdiction and suppress other countries.”

Top US, Chinese diplomats clash at start of first talks of Biden presidency

By: EBR | Friday, March 19, 2021

The first high-level US-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday (18 March), with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare display that underscored the level of bilateral tension

"With that dynamic in motion, the optimal response for South America’s and Africa’s emerging superclans is straightforward: surf the wave of growth to the best of one’s ability, park most assets offshore – and take a plane out before it crashes."

Defining The New Global South Superclans

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 16, 2021

The fight or flight response is one of our most basic. Occurring primarily in the amygdala, it is well below the threshold of conscious rationalisation

‘Emerging global challenges have highlighted the need for supply chain resilience. The EU has put green energy and the digital economy at the center of its economic recovery plans. Taiwan has named renewable energy, next-generation electronics and biotechnology among our Core Strategic Industries.’

Taiwan President Tsai: ‘Strengthening EU-Taiwan connectivity spurs investment and create jobs’

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, March 16, 2021

President Tsai addressed by video the ‘Taiwan – EU Supply Chains Forum’, March 10 in Brussels. ‘Taiwan and the EU are key trading partners

"It’s disappointing that China is placing such a large focus on continuing its reliance on coal, and oil and gas. The world is relying on its largest emitter to step up on climate change – yet we see little of such action in this plan."

China approves five-year plan, underpinned by fossil fuels

By: EBR | Friday, March 12, 2021

China approved its five-year goals on Thursday (11 March), but the world’s biggest polluter shows little ambition of moving away from fossil fuels, leaving much to be decided

"South Africa and India renewed their bid to waive rules of the WTO’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) agreement, a move that could allow generic or other manufacturers to make more vaccines."

Rich countries block push by developing nations to waive COVID vaccine patents rights

By: EBR | Thursday, March 11, 2021

Richer members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) blocked a push by over 80 developing countries on Wednesday (10 March) to waive patent rights in an effort to boost production of COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations

Three marine World Heritage sites around Australia account for about 40% of the estimated 5 billion tonnes of CO2 and other greenhouse gases stored across these sites, according to UNESCO, the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural organization.

These 3 World Heritage marine sites store billions of tonnes of CO2

By: EBR | Thursday, March 11, 2021

Protected marine sites around Australia are crucial for capturing and storing of greenhouse gases, according to a new UNESCO report

"The winner in the tug of war seems to be primarily decided by a group of rising middle powers whose development is marked by one system or another and whose weight enables them to set the tone for their own region, be it Russia, Iran and Turkey in Central Asia, Brazil in South America, or Indonesia in South-East Asia."

Indonesian Super Clans: Asia’s Swing Families

By: EBR | Monday, March 8, 2021

Naturally, if not evenly, the global tug of war between China and the United States is taking shape all around us – at summits, in technology, in vaccine purchases

Many businesses have been severely impacted, with unemployment levels hitting new highs, writes Huawei Technologies’ Deputy Chairman Ken Hu.

Why we need to bridge the digital divide for greater equality

By: EBR | Monday, March 8, 2021

COVID-19 is deepening inequity both within and beyond borders. And as the world shifts increasingly online, uneven access to technology is leaving much of the global population behind

"An effective push against Putin also requires reaching out to Turkey’s pro-democracy forces. The clock is ticking on that."

Putin and Erdogan: Two Men Race to the Bottom

By: EBR | Thursday, March 4, 2021

Russia’s and Turkey’s lack of a solid economic performance is what motivates their two leaders’ steady resorting to domestic oppression

"The list of foreign policy divergences between Ankara and European capitals is long. They include the deployment of missile systems that are adversarial toward NATO, gas research operations in the Eastern Mediterranean under a military escort, and war operations in Azerbaijan, Libya, and Syria—not to mention a new posture on a settlement for the divided island of Cyprus."

The Price of a Positive EU-Turkey Agenda

By: EBR | Thursday, March 4, 2021

Ankara’s goal in dealing with Europe is to limit the future agenda to trade, economic matters, and refugee arrangements. In a diminishing space for civil society, academic freedom, and human rights, EU leaders are divided over what strategy to pursue with Turkey

“The sunk costs of EU regulation would be huge for tech companies, but they would only occur once. The EU could therefore trigger a cascade effect, with platforms adapting their business model not just in Europe, but everywhere.”

Tech regulation: waiting for Biden?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Germany, Denmark, Estonia and Finland “want to be more self-determined with democratic partners around the world” and to build “on a strong transatlantic relationship,” the country’s leaders said in their letter to the Commission

“The rebound in global carbon emissions toward the end of last year is a stark warning that not enough is being done to accelerate clean energy transitions worldwide,” IEA executive director Fatih Birol said in a statement.

CO2 pollution bounces back, climate goals at risk: IEA

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Global CO2 emissions have returned to pre-pandemic levels and then some, threatening to put climate treaty targets for capping global warming out of reach

"Pakistan finds itself in a similar position as did South Korea in the 1950s. While included in Goldman Sachs’ Next 11, meaning the next countries to keep an eye on after the BRICs, investors seem too often to consider this as saying more about the coining of terms than economic potential."

A model for Pakistan’s elites and superfamilies

By: EBR | Monday, March 1, 2021

In the early 1950s, development economists were left wondering as to whether there is any hope for an Asian country receiving generous foreign aid

"Technological innovations offer an opportunity to bring deforestation to an end and restore some of the forests we have lost."

The world has lost one-third of its forests, but an end to deforestation is possible

By: EBR | Monday, March 1, 2021

Shortly after the end of the last great ice age – 10,000 years ago – 57% of the world’s habitable land was covered by forest

"When it should be dealing with much bigger issues of global importance, Georgia’s government seems intent on shredding the country’s democratic credentials and waging an acrimonious political civil war against its domestic opponents."

In Georgia, a New Crisis That No One Needs

By: EBR | Friday, February 26, 2021

When it should be dealing with issues of global importance, Georgia’s government seems intent on shredding the country’s democratic credentials and waging an acrimonious political civil war on its domestic opponents

"Following the G7 summit, the European Union and Germany pledged a further €1.4 billion to fund vaccine procurement across Africa."

Protect innovation, not greed

By: EBR | Friday, February 26, 2021

Emmanuel Macron was the first EU leader to pledge to offer surplus COVID vaccine supplies ahead of last week’s G7 summit and the French president got plenty of laudatory media coverage

"Universal immunization, for the planet’s 7.8 billion people, does not seem feasible — even if everyone wanted to have the vaccine, which they do not, and given that there are as yet no vaccines for children."

Immunizing the World: Can We Do It?

By: EBR | Thursday, February 25, 2021

Global governance on immunization against COVID 19 has failed quite badly so far. The West will experience a blowback

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