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Monday 21/August/2017 14:54 PM

China’s renewable-energy revolution

At the start of 2017, China announced that it would invest $360 billion in renewable energy by 2020 and scrap plans to build 85 coal-fired power plants. In...

Monday 21/August/2017 14:29 PM

The guardian of the liberal world order

The global financial crisis, which began ten years ago this month, showed that the Western-led rules-based international order’s long-term survival is not...

Sunday 20/August/2017 14:40 PM

A development investment for the ages

Malnutrition receives less attention than most of the world’s other major challenges. Yet it is one area where a relatively small investment can have the...

Sunday 20/August/2017 14:23 PM

The lost lesson of the financial crisis

Ten years ago this month, the French bank BNP Paribas decided to limit investors’ access to the money they had deposited in three funds. It was the first...

Sunday 20/August/2017 14:05 PM

Engineering better refugee health care

A resurgence of nativism and xenophobia in countries around the world has created a toxic environment for those fleeing from geopolitical crises. But among...

Saturday 19/August/2017 16:17 PM

Planning for Korean reunification

The long-simmering North Korean nuclear crisis has reached a near boiling point. Last month, the Hermit Kingdom launched two intercontinental ballistic...