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Quick Takes

Quick Takes counter the long-form approach of our biannual journal, New Annales. They give members the opportunity to provide rapid, thoughtful pieces of analysis on relevant issues. 

The Climate Issue We're Not Talking About
The Climate Issue We're Not Talking About

Migration is a problem that must be considered carefully and at length. Failure to do so might mean, without exaggeration, the collapse of Europe. 

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The Roosevelt GroupOctober 17, 2019climate change, migration, europe, foreign policy, politics
Renewable Energy: All Talk?
Renewable Energy: All Talk?

While society continues to pump harmful greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, we seem to be more obsessed with talking about the problem than solving it.

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EnergyDain RohtlaApril 3, 2019renewable energy, green new deal, climate change, global warming
Trading Sovereignty For Credibility: The Power Of MNCs
Trading Sovereignty For Credibility: The Power Of MNCs

Due to the provision and threat of international arbitration, BITs consistently undermine the ability of developing states to craft policy and regulate foreign investors.

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Rachael HerzMarch 20, 2019bilateral investment treaty, economics, international law, multinational corporations
Fighting Hyperinflation in Venezuela
Fighting Hyperinflation in Venezuela

The anti-hyperinflationary recipe is as clear as the economic science behind it. But in Bolivarian Venezuela it is the ideologues that rule, not the technocrats.

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Gustavo ViegasMarch 13, 2019venezuela, hyperinflation, maduro, economics, politics
Is One Week A Long Time In Politics?
Is One Week A Long Time In Politics?

It is easy to be engrossed in the short-term, fast-paced nature of politics, forgetting that there is a longer context within which these issues fit.

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Freddie KellettMarch 6, 2019politics, brexit
The World Bank in the Age of Trump
The World Bank in the Age of Trump

Mr Trump’s problematic nominee may push the World Bank to take a more objective perspective on its own appointment process.

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Nick ScheeleFebruary 27, 2019world bank, united states, foreign policy, malpass, trump
Cannabis Legalisation
Cannabis Legalisation

The opportunities cannabis creates for UK politics is huge. It opens the flood gates to new sources of tax revenue and a new source of votes from dwindling younger voters.

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Freddie KellettJanuary 23, 2019cannabis, legalisation, UK, politics, economics
The Ethics of Self-Driving Cars
The Ethics of Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars should not be making moral decisions, whether based on our value “preferences” or on a simple utilitarian calculus.

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Laurent BélangerJanuary 9, 2019ethics, self-driving cars, tesla, moral machine
Designer Babies
Designer Babies

Imperfection within humans should be championed not treated as a problem begging for a solution.

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Zoe SpirgelSeptember 26, 2018
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