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Post-COP21 Emission Reduction Pledges are Inadequate – Why?

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

For ten millennia preceding the Industrial Revolution the Earth has had a healthy carbon balance. Forests, soil and other vegetation roughly balanced the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the...

CESRAN Blog

Terror Bombing in Brussels and Paris

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Europe’s Islamist Legionnaires Come Home to Fight Introduction The terror bombings in Paris and Brussels have raised a cacophony of voices, ranging from state officials, Prime Ministers and Presidents, to...

Americas

American Establishment Is Sabotaging Sanders and Trump Insurgencies

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

As the forward march of the Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders primary campaigns continues to defy expert predictions, the GOP and Democratic party establishments, and their corporate-media allies are busily...

Europe

An IMF Plot, Greece, the EU and BREXIT

CESRAN Int.17 April 201625 April 2016

On 19 March 2016, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team for Greece held a meeting on how to force Greece into further austerity measures. These would entail deeper wage...

Europe

Czechia – Is The Czech Republic’s New Name Real?

CESRAN Int.17 April 201625 April 2016

The Czech Republic wants to change its name. Czech foreign minister Lubomír Zaorálek has led calls for the country to be internationally known by the short, rather commercial-sounding name –...

Europe

How Brexit will Reduce Foreign Investment in the UK – and Why that Matters

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Foreign 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...

Russia and Eurasia

Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse that’s much more than a Petro-state

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described, as a...

Africa

Why Urban Agriculture isn’t a Panacea for Africa’s Food Crisis

CESRAN Int.17 April 201617 April 2016

Gareth Haysom, University of Cape Town and Jane Battersby, University of Cape Town Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa...

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President Trump’s foreign policy dystopia

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

After over three decades of living in the United States, one thing that I have learned is never to assume that I understand American domestic politics. Every time I think...

CESRAN Blog Defense & Security Europe

Brussels attacks: why do family members commit terrorism together?

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

It appears to be increasingly common that terrorist attacks not of the lone-wolf variety involve members of the same family. Some of them, like the San Bernardino attack last December,...

CESRAN Blog Russia and Eurasia

Georgia: Project Aims to Boost Orthodox Church’s Support for EU Integration

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make...

CESRAN Blog Energy & Environment

Will a 2 Celsius Warming Prove Dangerous? Ocean Circulation Models Say Yes

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

Studying climate is not something we invented in the 20th and 21st century. Humans have been observing environmental change associated with climate since the early 19th century when scientists first...

CESRAN Blog Middle East

Iraq Analysis: Prime Minister Caught Between Status Quo & A Cleric

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

In Iraq, the menace of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, has reared its head again, posing serious challenges to Prime Minister Abadi and his plans...

Americas CESRAN Blog

The Art of the Deal? More of the Same!

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

“There are among us today, as there always have been, those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them, and in the process of action everything we have...

CESRAN Blog

World Social Justice Day – 20 February

CESRAN Int.21 February 2016

In February 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared 20 February “World Social Justice Day”. The concept of social justice can be traced to ancient religions and philosophies East and...