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Negotiating for the climate: COP22 vs. The election of Donald Trump

By Simon Chin-Yee and Lauren Gifford Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment Posted: November 16, 2016

This week, the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) is taking place in Marrakech, Morocco. In light of the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Simon Chin Yee and Lauren Gifford blog from the conference, reflecting on what the election might mean for global climate change policy. […]

Tagged With: climate change, COP, COP22, energy, Trump, UN, US

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Why Brexit is a bad idea if you want to avoid the effects of TTIP

Gabriel Siles-Brügge By Gabriel Siles-Brügge Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: March 11, 2016

While prominent left-wing critics of the EU argue that Britain can avoid the worst excesses of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership by leaving the EU, Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge argues that a Brexit may actually be counterproductive. Stiglitz and the left ‘Brexiters’ ‘I think that the strictures imposed by TTIP [the Transatlantic Trade and Investment […]

Tagged With: Brexit, EU, EU-US trade, referendum, trade, transatlantic trade, TTIP, US

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Intervening in conflicts

By James Pattison Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 3, 2015

Should governments send weapons or troops to conflicts in other countries? Professor James Pattison compares the ethics of supplying arms with militarily intervention. Western states are less likely to wage major wars in the future. This is for (at least) four reasons. First, despite ongoing conflicts, the world is generally more peaceful. Second, the US’s […]

Tagged With: Afghanistan, austerity, Brazil, BRICS, China, france, Free Syrian Army, humanitarian interventions, india, Iraq, just war, liberia, LRA, rebels, russia, sanctions, South Africa, Syria, Uganda, UK, UN Security Council, United Nations, US, war

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Social climbing makes the English happy, but not Americans

By Bram Vanhoutte Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted: July 24, 2015

In a paper published this week, and covered in the national media, Bram Vanhoutte explores social mobility in England and US. What are the policy implications of these findings? Social mobility, or the difference between the social position of your upbringing and the one you yourself are in, can yield powerful insight into mechanisms that […]

Tagged With: American dream, England, professional, social mobility, US, working class

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Beyond the headlines on TTIP: Beware the fine print

Gabriel Siles-BrüggePicture of Dr Nicolette Butler By Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Nicolette Butler Filed Under: All posts, Europe, Featured Posted: June 1, 2015

Although much of the criticism in the UK of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has focused on the NHS and ‘corporate tribunals’, Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Nicolette Butler argue that this overlooks one of its central purposes: a series of provisions that could make it more difficult for governments to regulate in the public […]

Tagged With: EU, European Commission, NHS, TTIP, US

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‘Lies’ : Elections, outbursts and EU-US free trade talks

Gabriel Siles-BrüggeFerdi De Ville By Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Ferdi De Ville Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: May 23, 2014

The European elections have coincided with the latest round of talks on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Dr Ferdi De Ville argue that election campaigns have continued to put advocates of the deal on the defensive, but it has not prompted any fundamental shift in their position. ‘We observe […]

Tagged With: Commissioner, EU, europe, free trade, trade talks, transatlantic, TTIP, US

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What’s happening with Obamacare?

Steve Kelman By Steve Kelman Filed Under: Featured Posted: November 12, 2013

The issues currently plaguing the rollout of Obamacare in the United States are a stark illustratration of the problems that can arise when politicians and policymakers fail to fully consider management and implementation issues, writes Professor Steve Kelman. I have just returned from a month in Sweden, during which I have been following – albeit […]

Tagged With: health, implementation, management, obamacare, public administration, reform, US

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