Category: Business & Economics
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- Business & Economics
Leveraging Climate Finance for the Global South: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
At the end of July 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) attracted global opprobrium when it announced an auction for oil and gas leasing rights to thirty parcels of…
April 5, 2023
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The Economic Prospects of the Transnistrian Peace Settlement after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Introduction After Vladimir Putin launched what he depicted as “the special military operation” in Ukraine in February of 2022, many analysts predicted that the…
April 4, 2023
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State-Owned Enterprises’ Responses to China’s Carbon Neutrality Goals and Implications for Foreign Investors
SOEs as two-faced actors in China’s climate actions SOEs play a wide variety of roles within China’s national settings. There are 97 central SOEs directly overseen by the…
February 15, 2023
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Central America’s Economic Recovery from COVID-19
Central America has often been described as a mosaic—a mixture of different cultures and viewpoints in a small area of just 201,497 square meters. It has experienced internal…
February 6, 2023
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North Korean Food Security and Rural Development Strategy
North Korea has been in the midst of a self-declared food crisis since 2021, and the country’s leadership has declared its intention to normalize the food supply and develop…
January 18, 2023
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Will the Belt and Road Initiative Be Another Casualty of the Pandemic?
China’s grand infrastructure development strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least when measured by the amount…
November 11, 2022
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Policies and Politics: Effects on US-China Soybean Trade
US-China trade tensions, respective policy responses, geopolitics, and climate shocks will continue to reshape the global food system. As the largest and most concentrated…
October 26, 2022
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E-Commerce, Digital Identity, and Inclusive Digital Economy in Southeast Asia
The growth of the digital economy in Southeast Asia has increased at an unprecedented rate in the past decade. A Google and Temasek report in 2018 forecasted that the size of the…
July 20, 2022
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Arctic Seaways in the Age of Climate Change
Ever since international forums began to discuss the impact of climate change on Arctic sea ice at the turn of the millennium, many believed that diminishing sea ice would result…
April 18, 2022
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Reimagining the U.S.-Korea Relationship in the Indo-Pacific
No matter how you frame it – “a shrimp among whales,” “stuck in the middle,” or “between a rock and a hard place” – South Korea is among the countries most…
February 21, 2022