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701. Bridging the Bay of Bengal: Toward a Stronger BIMSTEC

Author:
Constantino Xavier
Publication Date:
03-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:
The Bay of Bengal is one of the world’s least integrated regions, with abysmal levels of trade, connectivity, and cooperation. The deep divide between India and other countries around the bay hinders their efforts to increase their economic and strategic interdependence. The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), a regional multilateral organization founded in 1997, offers a well-positioned platform to help address these challenges. But BIMSTEC’s mission to deepen regionalism will stand a better chance of succeeding if its members (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand) make the organization a priority, endow it with adequate resources, and enact reforms to strength its capabilities.
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

702. European Security: From Managing Adversity to a New Equilibrium

Author:
Dmitri V. Trenin
Publication Date:
03-2018
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:
A security community embracing all of Europe would only be possible if Russia were included. This, however, is unlikely. The new confrontation between Russia and the West, the Hybrid War, is systemic and will continue for many years
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

703. Tackling Women’s Underrepresentation in U.S. Politics: Comparative Perspectives From Europe

Author:
Saskia Brechenmacher
Publication Date:
03-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:
Despite differences in political institutions and culture, the United States could borrow from European approaches to increase women’s representation, especially at the state and local levels.
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

704. India’s Universal Basic Income: Bedeviled by the Details

Author:
Saksham Khosla
Publication Date:
02-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:
The idea of a universal basic income (UBI)—periodic and unconditional cash payments to all citizens—has gained renewed attention amid growing concerns about technological unemployment in advanced economies.
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
India

705. Back to What Future? What Remains for Syria’s Displaced People

Author:
Kheder Khaddour
Publication Date:
01-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:
The Islamic State’s defeat in Syria will not automatically bring displaced people home. A broader political settlement that reflects regional and national realities will be required.
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

706. Iran’s Cyber Threat: Espionage, Sabotage, and Revenge

Author:
Colin Anderson
Publication Date:
01-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:
Incidents involving Iran have been among the most sophisticated, costly, and consequential attacks in the history of the internet. The four-decade-long U.S.-Iran cold war has increasingly moved into cyberspace, and Tehran has been among the leading targets of uniquely invasive and destructive cyber operations by the United States and its allies. At the same time, Tehran has become increasingly adept at conducting cyber espionage and disruptive attacks against opponents at home and abroad, ranging from Iranian civil society organizations to governmental and commercial institutions in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

707. Azerbaijani National Currency: Is the Current Status Quo Sustainable?

Author:
CESD Research Team
Publication Date:
10-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Abstract:
Currently, in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, the situation in the economies of the region is quite variable. On the other side of the ocean, the US Federal Reverse System has been continuously raising the key interest rate. In Russia, the ruble depreciated due to existing and probable sanctions, in Turkey, economic and political circumstances have led to the 40% loss of the lira’s value (and this figure is expected to further increase by the end of the year), and the withdrawal of the US from the Iran Nuclear Deal with replaced sanctions has caused more aggravation to the socio-economic situation and rapid deprecation of the Iranian rial in the southern neighbor of Azerbaijan. The so-called trade wars and new processes led by the current US government form serious risks for globalization and liberal trade.
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

708. New Debt Policy in Azerbaijan: Hopes, Realities, Risks and Perspectives

Author:
Rashad Hasanov
Publication Date:
09-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Abstract:
From the second half of 2014, Azerbaijani public debt increased considerably along with several new challenges facing the domestic economy. During this period, the ratio of foreign debt to GDP rose from 8.6% (01.01.2015) to 22.8% (01.06.2018). The increase was 3.4 billion US dollars in nominal terms. At the beginning of 2018, Azerbaijan’s public debt amounted to 10 billion 100 million US dollars, while the value of loans taken with state guarantees reached 12 billion 682 million US dollars, raising the ratio of debt to GDP to 55%. The increase in the debt burden, particularly external debt liabilities, has caused concern both in the local community and in the government. Specifically, the deterioration of the financial situation of publicly-funded state institutions has raised the likelihood that the debt burden on this category will turn into a fiscal burden. As a result, the “Medium and long-term strategy for public debt management in the Republic of Azerbaijan” was approved on 24.08.2018
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

709. Social Economy for Azerbaijan: a key component of Sustainable Development?

Author:
Victoria Bittner
Publication Date:
01-2018
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Abstract:
The paper aims to bring readers’ attention to the Social Economy as an alternative economic system and reanimate the development of a Social Economy sector in Azerbaijan. At the moment, the term Social Economy does not have a fixed definition and, therefore, this study tries to provide an explanation of it. Moreover, this paper describes the implications and benefits of the Social Economy in and for Azerbaijan and offers mechanisms for its further development. The study explains the Social Economy’s necessity for the future sustainable development of the country, as there are important correlations between the two. There are many opportunities that can be opened by this sector and, thus, the country should develop a social-welfare-maximization approach to the economy
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus

710. Natural partners? Europe, Japan and security in the Indo-Pacific

Author:
Luis Simon
Publication Date:
04-2018
Content Type:
Commentary and Analysis
Institution:
Elcano Royal Institute
Abstract:
Europeans and Japanese are often described as ‘natural’ partners. As liberal democracies, market economies and close allies of the US, they have similar world views and share many interests. They also have a long history of cooperation, whose foundations go back to Japan’s embracing of modernisation and industrialisation in the late 19th century along European lines
Topic:
International Affairs
Political Geography:
Global Focus