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31 August 2017 Russia weighs in on Bannon-free White House
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Be careful what you wish for: a tale of two prime ministers
9 October 2016David Cameron started his career as party leader with a simple wish: to get the Conservative Party to ‘stop banging on about Europe’. However, he did not have a strategy for making his dream come true. Instead, he took a series of tactical decisions in hopes that each would silence Tory Eurosceptics committed to ‘banging
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Decline and Fall 2016?
11 August 2016“In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased
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Brexit: Between A Rock and A Hard Place
24 June 2016According to the latest results, the Leave campaign won narrowly in the Brexit Referendum. A narrow win it may be so, yet it is one of the biggest victories for Eurosceptics since the French and Dutch no votes to the European constitution in 2005. It is yet to be seen whether the British referendum would
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Heat not Light: The Tyranny of the Input Culture
19 May 2016Suddenly there is a glut of money. The British government is desperately trying to find projects to spend billions of unspent aid and development money. Meanwhile, the Treasury (finance ministry) has ordered that all of this money must be spent by the end of calendar year 2016. The result? A lot of ill-thought through projects
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How Brexit will Reduce Foreign Investment in the UK – and Why that Matters
17 April 2016Foreign investors love Britain, but Brexit would kill the vibe. According to new research colleagues and I have conducted at the Centre for Economic Performance, leaving the European Union could lead to a fall in inward foreign direct investment into the UK of close to a quarter. This would damage productivity and could lower people’s
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Flood Hazard Risk Exposure in the United States an Issue After Harvey and Irma
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31 August 2017 Russia weighs in on Bannon-free White House
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15 August 2017 The End of War: Truth or Fiction?