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Blessed with Oil

The combination of the terms “rapidly developing” and “economy” were used exclusively to describe the Asian Tigers and the BRICS…

BRICS Maintain Interest

By the end of 2013, the BRICS countries received more than 20% of total FDI globally; twice as much as in pre-crisis years. This…

Yet another China’s big game

Sadika Hameed, CSIS fellow, Program on Crisis, Conflict and Cooperation spoke with WEJ on the future of the Pakistan-China…

Scandinavia’s Equal Rights

Though no country has yet to achieve absolute gender equality, in 2013 the closest were the Northern European nations. These…

Together, but Not Equal

It is believed that women in the 20th century won equal rights and opportunities. But does this mean that the market values them…

The World Just Got Kinder

Despite the slowdown in the world economy, the total amount of giving to charity has continued to increase, according to the…

The universal weapon

There are several kinds of international sanctions that countries can impose against a third party that violates certain generally…

A new world

The West accuses Russia of violating the main unspoken principle of the postwar world order – the ban on the redistribution of…