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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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Global Governance and African Reality

There are few hotter topics on the international agenda than sustainability. The theme has been a mainstay of international conferences, and the biggest of them all, Rio+20, will begin just over a month from now. Kandeh Yumkella, head of the UN Industrial Development Organization, explains why this issue is so important to the future of Africa.

Soon: José María Figueres on Climate Change
Also: Ensuring Global Financial Stability

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Today in History
On May 16, 1717, Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille for his poem "La Henriade," about the life of Henry IV of France.

Fact of the Day
Months after Portuguese navigator Vasco de Gama set sail near Lisbon in July 1497, he rounded the Cape of Good Hope, the first European to do so. (New York Times Book Review)

   
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
France's Economy is Doing All Right, Thanks
Does France really stand to gain much from emulating the German economy?
By Thomas Fricke
Monday, May 14, 2012
Martin Luther and the Eurozone: Theology as an Economic Destiny?
Could Martin Luther's life have provided a suitable rule of thumb to identify which countries should be in the eurozone and which should not?
By Stephan Richter
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names
Captivating images of life in Turkey's largest city, at the convergence of Asia and Europe.
By Alex Webb
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Tragedy of Turkish Food
How might Turkey's relations with Europe be different if it had engaged in food diplomacy?
By Stephan Richter
Friday, May 11, 2012
To Secede or Not to Secede? The Case of Sudan and Beyond
Do the secessionist impulses that threaten to break apart troubled African countries make economic sense?
By Pankaj Ghemawat
 

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