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a collection of articles about Scotland
A collection of resources about Competitiveness and the European Union, this compilation examines the multifaceted relationship between EU policies and economic performance. It explores critical themes such as the dynamics of growth within member states, the role of innovation policy in fostering competitive advantages, and the challenges posed ...
A collection of resources about policy issues in the European Union, focusing on social welfare, retirement, and work-related challenges. This compilation offers a comprehensive overview of the key themes influencing EU policy, including the impact of demographic changes on social security systems, the balance between labor market flexibility an...
Why Brexit happened? What it means for Europe and the world? A collection of resources about Brexit— the UK's decision to leave the European Union, focusing on the implications and perspectives that emerged following the referendum. This compilation explores key themes such as the political, economic, and social consequences of Brexit, includ...
Why Brexit happened? What it means for Europe and the world?
Germany and Immigration
Nationalism, Populism, Immigration, and the EU
European Union - immigration and backlash reactions
a collection of articles and videos looking at the relationship between Poland and the EU
Policy issues in the European Union - energy, climate, global warming
a collection of articles, videos, and resources for travelers to learn about Turkey (history, culture, business, and more)
A collection of resources about Turkey's rich history, with a particular focus on the Ottoman Empire. This compilation explores the evolution of Turkey from ancient civilizations through the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire, examining key historical events, cultural developments, and influential figures. Main themes include the empire's polit...
A collection of resources about Vietnam, encompassing its rich history, vibrant culture, dynamic business environment, and diverse travel opportunities. This compilation offers insights into Vietnam's historical milestones, from ancient civilizations to modern-day developments, highlighting key events that have shaped the nation. It explores cul...
a collection of articles about Malaysia
Brazil - energy issues
A collection of articles and videos looking at Voting and Elections in the USA
Predicting, Forecasting Elections with Polls and Data Science
Police and Criminal Justice in the USA
Race and Criminal Justice in the USA
A collection of articles and videos about Politics in Silicon Valley
a collection of articles and videos to help travelers to better understand Sports in the USA
a collection of articles and research about gun violence
a collection of articles and videos looking at issues related to immigration in USA
a collection of articles and videos to help travelers to better understand Sports in the USA
a collection of articles and videos looking at US trade policy related to Cuba
A collection of resources about the downsides of social media and strategies for mitigation. This compilation explores the negative impacts of social media on mental health, privacy, and societal interactions. Key themes include the effects of social media on self-esteem and anxiety, the implications of data privacy breaches, and the role of mis...
History of Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos for travelers heading to Japan
a collection of articles and videos to help travelers to better understand Rome and The Vatican

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Article

What Makes Singapore’s Health Care So Cheap? - The New York Times

The most frustrating part about its system is that it’s misused by those on both the left and right who want to hold it up as an example. (2017)


Article

Facts about migration and crime in Sweden

In recent times, simplistic and occasionally completely inaccurate information about Sweden and Swedish migration policy has been disseminated. Her... (2017)


Article

The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else

Bloomberg, 2017: "West Houston’s Energy Corridor was hit with a wall of water to avoid a catastrophic reservoir failure. The Army Corps of Engi... (2017)


Article

Social Media Has Failed Its Self-Driving Test

Bloomberg, 2017: "Most agree that algorithms aren't ready to drive cars without human supervision. Neither are they fit to manage Facebook, Twitte... (2017)


Article

Trump Administration Defends Cuba Embargo at U.N., Reversing Obama

New York Times, 2017: "The American dissent on a General Assembly resolution condemning the embargo left the United States isolated again on the i... (2017)


Article

Spain Will Remove Catalonia Leader, Escalating Secession Crisis

New York Times, 2017: "Mariano Rajoy, in an unexpectedly forceful move, said Madrid would take control of the independence-minded region, pushing ... (2017)


Article

U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, Papers Show

New York Times, "The killings in 1965-66 played to anti-Communist attitudes, and U.S. diplomats mostly stayed silent while tallying the deaths, doc... (2017)


Article

Google rewards reputable reporting, not left-wing politics - The Economist

Seek and you shall find Our statistical study revealed no evidence of ideological bias in the search engine’s news tab... (2019)


Article

How Bruce Springsteen Helped Reelect Ronald Reagan | National Review

For all of its gloomy words, and despite Springsteen's left-wing politics, “Born in the U.S.A.” became an American anthem. The song roars. It defie... (2019)


Article

The truth about big oil and climate change - Big oil and the environment - The Economist

IN AMERICA, THE world’s largest economy and its second biggest polluter, climate change is becoming hard to ignore. Extreme weather has grown more ... (2019)


Article

The notion of an east-west split in the EU is simplistic and defeatist - Charlemagne - The Economist

BUDAPEST IN JANUARY ill-suits political action. A freezing wind rushes off the Hungarian plain and whips the grand 19th-century boulevards. The str... (2019)


Article

Orban Tightens Grip Over Hungarian Courts After Chaotic Vote (2018) - Bloomberg

Law creates new top court overseen by justice minister. Opposition attempts to stop vote create tumultuous scenes (2018)


Article

Qatar quit OPEC because of politics, not oil - A widening Gulf - the Economist

QATAR WAS the first Arab state to join OPEC after its founding in 1960. Now it will be the first to leave. On December 3rd the emirate’s energy min... (2018)


Article

Trouble in the Congo: The Misadventures of Glencore — Business Week

What a time to own the world’s most valuable cobalt mine, and to have to fight to keep it. (2018)


Article

The case for another vote on Brexit is gaining strength - The Economist (Nov 2018)

A YEAR AGO the case for a second vote on EU membership looked like the definition of a lost cause. At the general election in 2017 both major part... (2018)



Article

How the Rural-Urban divide shaped the modern congress - CityLab

The 2010 Midterm Wave Rewrote America’s Political Geography. Will 2018 Do It Again? In 2010, Republicans established a new normal by dominating ... (2018)


Article

Three European Countries Block Tax on Tech Giants (2018) - Bloomberg

Denmark, Ireland and Sweden reject levy in its current form. Passing taxes requires unanimity among EU member states... (2018)


Article

I Thought the Web Would Stop Hate, Not Spread It - The New York Times

This is what the internet has come to: thugs like Mohammed bin Salman funding tech companies to host the vitriol of thugs like Cesar Sayoc and Robe... (2018)


Article

Quebec's Right-Leaning Party Is Set to Collide With Liberal Montreal - CityLab

A newly elected center-right party could put the province in ideological opposition to its biggest city, a left-leaning metropolis with a mayor tha... (2018)


Article

Breaking Down the Economics of 'Urban' and 'Rural' Places - CityLab

Economic growth is not only uneven between urban and rural places—it is uneven within them, too. (2018)


Article

Five Books to Change Conservatives' Minds || Bloomberg

On climate change, inequality, progressive taxation and more, an intro course to the liberal perspective. (2018)


Article

Five Books to Change Liberals' Minds || Bloomberg

Or at least help them understand how conservatives see the world. (2018)


Article

Spies Are More Common, and Boring, Than You Think - Bloomberg

If you keep looking for James Bond, you’ll miss the thousands of bureaucrats collecting bits of intel. (2018)


Article

The Catalan question continues to divide - In two minds || The Economist

VIC, A PROSPEROUS town of 43,000 people about 90 minutes north of Barcelona, is sometimes called “the capital of Catalan Catalonia”. Almost every b... (2018)


Article

Spain’s democracy is about to turn 40. How well has it worn? - The Economist Special Report

The 40-year itch "MANY OF THE photos seem older than they are. In black and white, they show Spaniards wrapped in overcoats, the men with sidebu... (2018)


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Lessons from Spain’s recovery after the euro crisis || The Economist

Taking the pain out of Spain "JUST six years ago Spain seemed to be the European Union’s biggest economic calamity, menacing the survival of the... (2018)


Article

Europe’s civil war of sovereignty is tearing its soul apart - The Economist

EUROPE has slipped into a form of “civil war,” fears Emmanuel Macron, France's president. The trenches have been dug, the weapons loaded, the front... (2018)


Article

The Indian-American underachiever - The Economist

INDIAN-AMERICANS are enjoying a dazzling coming-out party. For years they were stereotyped as convenience-store owners and overachieving children. ... (2018)


Article

America’s immigration system is broken - The Economist

When good men do nothing LESS than ten miles separate two rooms in McAllen, a modest, low-slung city on the Mexican border. The first is Ursula,... (2018)


Video

Germany's Geographic Challenge STRATFORvideo

YouTube, 2013: Stratfor examines Germany's need to maintain territorial unity inside the country and preserve a balance of power across Europe. ... (2017)


Video

Nationalism vs Globalism: the new political divide | Yuval Noah Harari - TED Talks

TED Published on Feb 21, 2017 How do we make sense of today's political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yu... (2017)


Video

Brexit III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The UK could officially leave the European Union next month, which would be a huge change with hugely damaging consequences. Connect with Last Week... (2019)


Video

The 11 Nations Inside The USA

Welcome back to another video! Today we take a look at the 11 Nations which, according to Colin Woodard, the author of "American Nations", exist in... (2019)


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Why Brazilian Women Support Jair Bolsonaro - New York Times

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s newly elected president, is known for his offensive remarks about women, but his hard-line agenda on crime has spurred man... (2019)


Video

Why Ukraine is trapped in endless conflict - Vox

The ceasefire is completely ignored. Correction: In a previous version, the Russian Empire at 2:31 did not include Finland and northern Kazakhstan ... (2018)


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Why this far-right candidate won Brazil's election -- Vox

Jair Bolsonaro, a congressman who has praised Brazil’s past military dictatorship, has become the country's president. Subscribe to our channel! ht... (2018)


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Brazil's Evangelical Far Right Could Elect The Country's Next President (HBO) - Vice News

Brazil’s supreme court ruled Wednesday that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has to start serving a 12-year prison sentence immediately, ... (2018)


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Why Brazil Might Elect An Ultra-Right Wing President (HBO) - Vice News

RIO DE JANEIRO — On a recent Sunday morning, a few hundred shirtless men wearing camo pants tucked into army boots got together to run in formation... (2018)


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Brazilian Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - 2018

Brazil is about to elect a new president during a turbulent period of political corruption and economic uncertainty. John Oliver urges the people o... (2018)


Video

Geopolitics of Turkey in Asia

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Video

Turkey's Geographic Challenge

Stratfor examines how Turkey is attempting to expand its core into the eastern part of the country and how this affects the region. About Stratfor:... (2018)


Video

The Israel-Palestine conflict: a brief, simple history - Vox

Vox Published on Jan 20, 2016 The conflict is really only 100 years old. (2018)


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The 32-year-old prince who’s shaking up Saudi Arabia - Vox

Vox Published on Jan 23, 2018 This young prince is transforming Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Listen to this episode of Worldly – Vox's we... (2018)


Video

Italian Election: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Italy is in the throes of a turbulent race to elect a new prime minister. John Oliver discusses the colorful contenders and introduces an equally r... (2018)


Video

Statehood: It's Complicated | The Great American* Puerto Rico Part 8

Puerto Rico's current relationship to the United States is as complicated as its past relationship with the United States. Produced by Paul Myers w... (2018)


Video

Poland's Geographic Challenge | Stratfor

STRATFORvideo Published on Jan 23, 2015 Stratfor examines Poland's difficult geographic position between Russia and the West. About Stratfor... (2018)


Video

Switzerland, Norway and Iceland REFUSE to join the EU. Why?

Switzerland, Norway, and Iceland: three nations with deep European roots that remain outside the European Union, despite their geographical and cul... (2024)


Video

The movement to shrink Oregon and expand Idaho

In a state dominated by progressive politics, some residents in rural Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains want to move the border so that their co... (2023)


Video

Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary)

Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)


Video

How Denmark took a hard line on Immigrants | Foreign Correspondent

‘What is Danish?’ asks comedian Ellie Jokar. Born in Iran, now a Dane, Ellie struggles to understand why her once friendly country has pulled up th... (2023)


Video

Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion

It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society.But wha... (2021)


Video

Scottish independence: could Britain break up? | The Economist

The union between the nations of the United Kingdom is looking increasingly fragile, thanks to Brexit. If Scotland were to break away from Britain ... (2021)


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Brexit proves that breaking up is hard to do (Nov 2018) -- PBS NewsHour

Theresa May's cabinet has approved a deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union on terms for Brexit. But the process of gathering conse... (2018)


Podcast

Social media's threat to democracy

The Economist, 2017: “Twitter, Facebook and Google were supposed to improve politics. Instead, from Russian meddling in America's election to polit... (2017)


Podcast

Part 5: Can Liberal Democracy Survive in Europe? - The New York Times - 2019

In the final chapter of our series, we find that many who are rejecting the political system and values that underpin the European Union feel the s... (2019)


Podcast

Part 4: Poland’s Culture Wars - The New York Times - 2019

The nationalist governing party says it’s in favor of democracy — just not the kind represented by the European Union. We look at how it is reshapi... (2019)


Podcast

Part 3: ‘Italy First’ - The New York Times - 2019

As we followed a populist politician on the campaign trail in Tuscany, some voters spoke of a national crisis of identity that is pulling them towa... (2019)


Podcast

Part 2: The French Rebellion - The New York Times - 2019

Next in our series “The Battle for Europe,” we meet a group of Yellow Vest protesters in France. They say their living standards have been in decli... (2019)


Podcast

Part 1: The Battle for Europe - The New York Times

Nationalist movements are taking root across the Continent. In a five-part series, we ask: Can the European Union survive? (2019)


Podcast

Madeleine Albright on fascism - The Economist asks

AMERICA'S first female secretary of state on how populism can slide into fascism, what Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Putin were like in person, and what... (2018)


Podcast

The threat to world trade (podcast) | The Economist on Spotify

Our cover this week warns against the damage that will be inflicted by America’s impending tariffs on steel and aluminium. For the first time in de... (2018)


Podcast

Economic Consequences Of The Census - The Indicator from Planet Money

Listen to this episode from The Indicator from Planet Money on Spotify. The coronavirus pandemic, distrust of the government, and a surprising poli... (2020)


Podcast

506- Monumental Diplomacy - Namibia and North Korean art - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify

In downtown Windhoek, Namibia -- at the intersection of Fidel Castro Street and Robert Mugabe Avenue -- there's an imposing gold building with an a... (2023)


Podcast

How Washington Now Works - The Daily | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from The Daily on Spotify. On Tuesday, the United States Senate approved a $1 trillion infrastructure bill — the largest sin... (2021)


Podcast

Understanding Exclaves and Enclaves

Understanding Exclaves and Enclaves Normally, if a foreign country has you totally surrounded, that isn’t a good thing. However, in some parts o... (2021)


Podcast

The case for ending the filibuster - Vox

Listen to this episode from Today, Explained on Spotify. Even if Democrats win the White House, take the Senate, and hold the House, most of their ... (2020)


Podcast

National Sword - 99% Invisible

Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)


Podcast

Europe's Direction in 2019 | Council on Foreign Relations

Matthias Matthijs joins Jim Lindsay to discuss Europe in 2019. (2019)


Book

The Daughters of Yalta

"The story of the fascinating and fateful "daughter diplomacy" of Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, three glamorous young wom... (2023)


Book

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu

"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)


Book

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu

"The best explanation of the “institutional” school of economics. Why “inclusive institutions” promote growth and extractive ones don’t." - The Eco... (2018)


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