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All items tagged BRICOpen Think Tank ArticlesJanuary 8, 2009 | HOT ISSUE: Evaluating the Bush LegacyFrom the Editorial Team: “The received wisdom is that President Bush has been a foreign policy disaster, and that America is threatened by the rise of Asia. Both claims are wrong — Bush has successfully rolled back jihadism, and the US will benefit from Asian growth.” ... MoreOctober 30, 2008 | The Rise of the RestWolfgang Nowak: America is no longer up to shouldering the world’s crises. But who is going to take its place? And how do the new global powers imagine the future world order? Foresight, a project of the Alfred Herrhausen Society, asks thinkers and policy makers from the emerging and existing powers for their thoughts and proposals. ... MoreJuly 17, 2008 | Does the G8 Need a Redesign?Anna Wojnilko: Changing economic and political realities are forcing the G8 to rethink its goals, mandate, and membership. The debate on the shape of a potential G8 reform divides the political world. Should the G8 be enlarged to include new major international players or contracted to ensure effectiveness? We invite you to vote. ... MoreMay 29, 2007 | New Silk Road Has Global SignificanceJohn Turner: The “new Silk Road” between the Middle East and Asia has brought major economic changes to the Persian Gulf region. Oil and trade flow between the Middle East and Asia has increased 25%, outstripping the increase in trade between Asia and the United States. Together Asia and the Middle East provide more than 50% of total net capital to the world. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesDecember 19, 2008 | "Empires of the Future"Barack Obama, financial crisis, resurgent Russia, G20, Western decline, climate change - in the season of global predictions, current discourse is driven by these and other such catchwords. ++ Yet, predictions from December 2007 were of little value: none predicted the financial collapse, none an Obama victory, nor any vastly fluctuating oil prices or governments’ failure to keep pace with global ... MoreNovember 7, 2008 | "Obama's Global to-do List"President-elect Obama ran on promises of domestic, bipartisan harmony and international cooperation. ++ Immediate appointments should be made for secretaries of treasury, state and a national security advisor; moderate republicans should be included. ++ Nevertheless, “In capitals from Paris to Islamabad and from Moscow to Beijing, they are watching for changes in tone and substance in US ... MoreSeptember 16, 2008 | The BRICs Could Crumble After AllFor a long time it has been thought that world markets are decoupling, enabling the emerging economies of the BRIC group to thrive regardless of the economic slowdown in the Western world. ++ The emerging countries were predicted to quickly overtake the veterans of the G7. ++ New data, however, seem to puncture that theory. ++ BRICs do not live in an enclosed world, and the credit crunch has had ... MoreApril 21, 2008 | Flawed Geopolitical Giants Fuel Global TensionsNot the US but the new big globalizers are responsible for renewed global tensions since the 1980s. ++ BRIC countries, – Brazil, Russia, India and China – terrify because they compensate for weakness by projecting power. ++ Yet they struggle with inclusive development, demography, and financial transparency. ++ Small adaptable states are actually more likely to overtake performances ... MoreCommentsNovember 21, 2008 | To Christia, maybe my article "While EU is... |
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