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The G20 has produced mixed results. After initial high hopes and some success, negotiations within the G20 forum have slowed, progress is less visible and disagreement rather than agreement has come to the fore. Against this background, this paper revisits the basic economic and geopolitical motivations for the G20, in order to review its performance and attempt to draw lessons for the path ahead.
Bruegel - The Brussels-based think tank
CSBA is pleased to announce the appointment of the Honorable Nelson M. Ford as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA).
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | CSBA
The Other Meltdown: Little to Show for Huge Defense Budgets (Opinion)
CDI - Center for Defense Information - Security Policy Research Organization
Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
Note: This post is based on an author's intervention at an International Conference of RCIE, KIET, and APEA on China and the World Economy, Seattle, March 16, 2012. The progress of China towards financial integration and the internationalization of renminbi is a matter of grea ...
Featured Briefing - March 30, 2012 The emerging BRICS economies agree that the West should hold less sway in the global economy.
Council on Foreign Relations
The Cato Institute
The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty , named in honor of perhaps the greatest champion of liberty in the 20th century, is presented every other year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom.Amnesty International | Working to Protect Human Rights
Arms control and human rights Demand Dignity Security with Human Rights
In June of 2010, Senior Fellow Peter Beinart sparked debate on the state of Zionism among American Jews in the New York Review of Books . This week he launches Zion Square , a blog on The Daily Beast he hopes will serve as a platform to continue the conversation “…about the struggle to confront the ethical responsibilities of a world in which Jewish fortunes have radically changed.”
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Changes to euro governance are needed if the single currency is to survive, says this new paper. Despite the return of market confidence, structural problems in the euro area remain unaddressed.